radius ī, m 2 RAD-, a staff, rod: acuti, stakes, L.

—In a wheel, a spoke: hinc radios trivere rotis, V.: inter radios rotarum, Cu.

—A geometer's rod, drawing-rod: homunculum a pulvere et radio excitare: Descripsit radio orbem, V.

—In weaving, a shuttle: Excussi manibus radii, V.: acuti, O.

—In botany, a kind of olive, V.

—In a circle, a radius.

—Of light, a beam, ray: radii solis: rubescebat radiis mare, V.: cui tempora circum Aurati radii cingunt, i. e. a glory, V.