ῥάδιξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds (root). Confer ῥίζα (rhíza). Cognate with Latin rādīx (root), Latin rāmus (branch), Old Norse rót (root) (English root), Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍄𐍃 (waurts), Old English wyrt (herb, plant) (English wort), Old Irish fren (root), and possibly Tocharian B witsako (root).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ῥᾱ́δῑξ (rhā́dīx) m (genitive ῥᾱ́δῑκος); third declension

  1. branch
  2. (of palms) frond

Declension

Further reading

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