Lewis Short
(adverb) : rādīcĭtus, id.
* With the roots, by the roots (class.).
* 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.
* 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.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary