ῥίζα — Cambridge Greek Lexicon

ῥίζαηςf root of a tree or plant, esp. as the part which gives fixity or stabilityrootHom.prep.phr.ἐκ ῥιζῶνfrom the roots, roots and allref. to a tree being pulled out of the groundIl.fig.root and branch, entirelyPlu. rootused for medicinal or magical purposesIl. S.fr. AR. lower part of a treelower trunk, baseOd. fig.rootref. to the continent of Africa, app.fr. a conception of the earth as a plant w. three rootsPi.pl.rootsof the earth, i.e. depthsHes. A.of Mt. AetnaA.of the eyeballOd.of feathersPl.ref. to feet planted in the sea by the floating island of DelosCall. perh.basew.gen.of a triangle, ref. to one of its sidesPl. rootfr. which sthg. originatesroot, source, originof a shrineB.fr.w.gen.of cities, ref. to a landPi.w.gen.of evilsE.fr. ref. to a person or personsrootfr. which a family springs or through which it currently survivesroot, stockPi. Trag. D. pl.veinsin the eyeE. ῥίζηθενadvfrom the rootsref. to plant-shoots being broken offAR.

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a root

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ῥίζα

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