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Usages of radix
Post paucos dies semina in sulco iam crescunt, sed radices adhuc parvae sunt.
After a few days the seeds are already growing in the furrow, but the roots are still small.
Avia dicit radices aquam petere, sed ramos solem quaerere.
Grandmother says that roots seek water, but branches seek the sun.
Discipula scribit se apud aviam didicisse quomodo ramum fractum tollere et radices servare debeat.
The female student writes that she has learned at grandmother’s house how she ought to remove a broken branch and preserve the roots.
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