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eradico

eradico, to root out, extirpate, annihilate

ē-rādīco (exr-), āvi, ātum, 1 (archaic inf. eradicarier, Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 21 (300)), v. a., to pluck up by the roots, to root out, eradicate (an ante-class. word).
  • I Lit.: ex terra enata, Varr. R. R. 1, 27, 2: plantationem, Vulg. Matt. 15, 13; 13, 29 al.—
    • B Transf.: aliquem, to root out, utterly destroy, Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 38 (814); id. Truc. 3, 1, 15 (659); id. Merc. 4, 4, 35 (775); id. Bacch. 5, 1, 6 (1092); Ter. And. 761; id. Heaut. 589; Vulg. Jer. 18, 7.—*
  • II Trop.: pugnis memorandis suis hominum aures, i. e. to wear out, pester with talking, Plaut. Ep. 3, 3, 53 (434).

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