LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adverb

rādīcitus

rādīcitus (not comparable)

Meaning

  1. not comparableby the roots
    Hanc excutere opīniōnem mihimet voluī rādīcitus.I wished, for my own sake, to pluck up this opinion by the roots.
  2. not comparableutterly, completely, radically

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

superstitionem radicitus or penitus evellere
to destroy superstition root and branch.

rādīcĭtus, adv. id.,
I. with the roots, by the roots (class.).
I. Lit.: effodere herbas malas, Cato, R. R. 50: concidere rosetum, Varr. R. R. 1, 35, 1; Cat. 64, 288: evellere arborem, Suet. Vesp. 5: eximere, Col. 4, 33, 4: interire, id. 6, 3, 1: auferre ungues, Prop. 3, 7 (4, 6), 51 al. —
II. Trop., by the roots, i. e. utterly, completely, radically: radicitus tollere atque extrahere cupiditatem, Cic. Fin. 2, 9, 27; cf.: extrahere religionem ex animis hominum, id. N. D. 1, 43, 121: excutere opinionem alicui, id. Tusc. 1, 46, 111: omnia malefacta vostra repperi radicitus, thoroughly, Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 62.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*wréh₂ds
  2. Proto-Italic*wrādīks
  3. Latinrādīcitus

Latin -tus Latin rādīcitus From rādīx + -tus.

Quick answers

What does rādīcitus mean in Latin?
rādīcitus, a adverb, means “by the roots; utterly, completely, radically”.
Where does rādīcitus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds → Proto-Italic *wrādīks → Latin rādīcitus.