ridica

Italian

Verb

ridica

1. inflection of ridire:
   1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• Ciardi, Icardi, darici, idrica, radici, ricadi

Latin

Etymology

Uncertain. A doubtful connection with Ancient Greek ἐρείδω (ereídō, “I prop, support”) is sometimes suggested. Pokorny suggests a hypothetical Proto-Indo-European *h₁reyd- for both, which Beekes finds plausible for the Greek word.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈri.di.ka/, [ˈrɪd̪ɪkä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈri.di.ka/, [ˈriːd̪ikä]

Noun

ridica f (genitive ridicae); first declension

1. (agriculture) A stake, a vine-prop

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	ridica	ridicae
genitive	ridicae	ridicārum
dative	ridicae	ridicīs
accusative	ridicam	ridicās
ablative	ridicā	ridicīs
vocative	ridica	ridicae

Derived terms

• ridicula

Descendants

• Galician: rodriga
• Romanian: ridica (possibly)
• Spanish: rodrigón

References

• “ridica”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ridica in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Romanian

Alternative forms

• rădica — archaic or regional
• râdica — obsolete
• aridica — obsolete

Etymology

Probably from Latin ērādīcāre, present active infinitive of ērādīcō (“root out, eradicate”) (and thus a doublet of the borrowing eradica). Another possibility is Late Latin or Vulgar Latin ridicāre (“tie a vine, e.g. in a vineyard”) (attested from a late gloss), from ridica (“stake; prop; vine-prop”); cf. also Spanish rodrigón. The semantic development in this case would pertain to how vines were set up in Romanian vineyards traditionally, using a trunk for the vines and stakes to support them; in the winter they would be lowered covered with a layer of earth to protect from the cold, but in spring would be raised again on the stakes or props. Less likely etymologies proposed include a Vulgar Latin *rigidicāre, from rigidus, or *adrecticāre. Compare Megleno-Romanian rădic, ardic, ardicari.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ri.diˈka/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: ri‧di‧ca

Verb

a ridica (third-person singular present ridică, past participle ridicat) 1st conj.

1. to lift, elevate, raise, hoist, suspend

   Synonym: înălța

2. to increase
3. to uplift
4. (reflexive) to get up, stand up, arise

   Synonym: scula

5. (reflexive, formal, of amounts) to amount, add up to [with la]
   • 1990, Corneliu Vlad, “Păcatele teleevangheliștilor”, in Lumea ’90, Bucharest, page 122:

     Veniturile sale se estimează că s-au ridicat la 73,5 milioane dolari în 1986.

     His income is estimated to have added up to 73.5 million dollars in 1986.

6. (reflexive, rather archaic) to recover from a disease

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:se însănătoși

7. (transitive, chiefly obsolete) to heal, cure

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vindeca

Conjugation

    conjugation of ridica (first conjugation, no infix)

infinitive			a ridica
gerund			ridicând
past participle			ridicat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	ridic	ridici	ridică	ridicăm	ridicați	ridică
	imperfect	ridicam	ridicai	ridica	ridicam	ridicați	ridicau
	simple perfect	ridicai	ridicași	ridică	ridicarăm	ridicarăți	ridicară
	pluperfect	ridicasem	ridicaseși	ridicase	ridicaserăm	ridicaserăți	ridicaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să ridic	să ridici	să ridice	să ridicăm	să ridicați	să ridice
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		ridică			ridicați
	negative		nu ridica			nu ridicați

Derived terms

• ridicare
• ridicătură

References

• ridica in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)