ē-rādīco (exr-), āvi, ātum, 1 (archaic inf. eradicarier, Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 21), 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; id. Truc. 3, 1, 15; id. Merc. 4, 4, 35; id. Bacch. 5, 1, 6; 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.