verb transitive

ē-rādīco

2nd PP ē-rādīcāre · 3rd PP ē-rādīcāvi · 4th PP ē-rādīcātum · conj. 1st

(), (archaic

to pluck up by the roots; to root out; eradicate

inf. eradicarier, Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 21), v. a., to pluck up by the roots, to root out, eradicate (an ante-class. word).

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Lit.: ex terra enata, Varr. R. R. 1, 27, 2: plantationem, Vulg. Matt. 15, 13; 13, 29 al.—

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Transf.: aliquem, to root out, utterly destroy, Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 38; id. Truc. 3, 1, 15; id. Merc. 4, 4, 35; id. Bacch. 5, 1, 6; Ter. And. 4, 4, 22; id. Heaut. 3, 3, 28; Vulg. Jer. 18, 7.—*

to wear out; pester figuratively

Trop.: pugnis memorandis suis hominum aures, i. e. to wear out, pester with talking, Plaut. Ep. 3, 3, 53.

Perseus ID: n16081 Key: eradico