LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

rādīcula

rādīcula f (genitive rādīculae)
Classical[raːˈdiː.kʊ.ɫa]Ecclesiastical[raˈdiː.ku.la]

Meaning

  1. little root, rootlet

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativerādīcularādīculae
genitiverādīculaerādīculārum
dativerādīculaerādīculīs
accusativerādīculamrādīculās
ablativerādīculārādīculīs
vocativerādīcularādīculae

rādīcŭla, ae, f. dim. id..
I. In gen., a small root, rootlet, Cic. Div. 2, 66, 136; Col. 5, 5, 5.—
II. In partic.
1. Fuller'sweed, soapwort, Plin. 19, 3, 18, § 48. —
2. A small kind of radish, Col. 4, 8, 1; 11, 2, 19; Cels. 2, 18; 21; 29 al.

Origins

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

Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ula Latin rādīcula From rādīc- (“root”) + -ula (diminutive ending).

Borrowings
  • Englishradicle
  • Englishradicule
  • Frenchradicule
  • Byzantine Greekῥαδίκλα
  • Gasconarredigle
  • Welshrhadiclfrom Middle Welsh ratikyl
  • Welshrhuddyglfrom Middle Welsh ratikyl
Insular Romance
  • Sardinianarriga
  • Sardinianraigla
Balkano-Romance
  • Romanianridiche
  • Romanianrădiche
Italo-Dalmatian
  • Italianradicchio
  • Sicilianradicchia
  • Venetanradicio
Rhaeto-Romance
  • Friulianardile
  • Friulianradigle
Gallo-Italic
  • Ligurianreigua
  • Lombardridicc
  • Lombardredicc

In English words that came into English from rādīcula

  • radiclerādīcula
  • radicularādīcula

Quick answers

What does rādīcula mean in Latin?
rādīcula, a noun, means “little root, rootlet”.
What is the genitive of rādīcula?
The genitive singular is rādīculae. rādīcula is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce rādīcula?
In classical Latin, [raːˈdiː.kʊ.ɫa]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [raˈdiː.ku.la].
Where does rādīcula come from?
Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds → Proto-Italic *wrādīks → Latin rādīcula.