ῥίζα
ῥίζ-α,
ης , ἡ: Ion. nom.
A). ῥίζη Hp. ap.
Erot., acc.
ῥίζην Marc.Sid. 89 (before a vowel), but
ῥίζαν Il. 11.846 (whence Ion. nom.
ῥίζα may be inferred):—
root,
Od. 10.304 ,
23.196 , etc.; used as a medicine,
Il. 11.846 ;
ῥ. ἐλατήριος, of a purgative medicine,
Hp. Epid. 5.34 : mostly in pl.,
roots,
Il. 12.134 ,
Od. 12.435 , etc.;
δένδρεα μακρὰ αὐτῇσιν ῥίζησι Il. 9.542 : hence
II). that from which anything springs as from a root,
ῥίζαν ἀπείρου τρίταν a third continental
foundation, of Libya,
Pi. P. 9.8 ;
ἀστέων ῥ., of Cyrene, as the
root or
original of the Cyrenaic Pentapolis, ib.
4.15 ;
root or
stock from which a family springs,
ῥ. σπέρματος Id. O. 2.46 , cf.
I. 8(7).61 ,
A. Ag. 966 ,
S. Aj. 1178 , etc.; so,
race, family,
A. Th. 755 (lyr.),
E. IT 610 ,
OGI 383.31 (Nemrud Dagh, i B.C.), etc.;
συκοφάντου .. σπέρμα καὶ ῥ. D. 25.48 ;
sect, party,
Jul. Gal. 106e ; also
ῥ. κακῶν E. Fr. 912.11 (anap.);
ἀρχὴ καὶ ῥ. παντὸς ἀγαθοῦ Epicur. Fr. 409 , cf.
1 Ep.Ti. 6.10 ;
πηγὴ καὶ ῥ. καλοκἀγαθίας Plu. 2.4c ;
ἀρχαὶ καὶ ῥ. γῆς καὶ θαλάττης Arist. Mete. 353b1 , etc.; cf.
ῥίζωμα 11 .
3). Math., root or base of a series, Anatolius ap. Theol.Ar. 9 .( Aeol. βρίζα (q.v.): cf. Goth. waúrts, Lat. radix.)
ShortDef
a root
Debugging
Headword (normalized):
ῥίζα
Headword (normalized/stripped):
ριζα
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-92400
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">ῥίζ-α</span>, <span class="itype greek">ης</span> <span class="foreign greek">, ἡ</span>: Ion. nom. <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="quote greek">ῥίζη</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> </span> ap. <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Erot.</span></span>, acc. <span class="quote greek">ῥίζην</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0281.tlg001:89" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0281.tlg001:89/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Marc.Sid.</span> 89 </a> (before a vowel), but <span class="quote greek">ῥίζαν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:11:846" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:11.846/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 11.846 </a> (whence Ion. nom. <span class="foreign greek">ῥίζα</span> may be inferred):—<span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">root</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:10:304" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:10.304/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 10.304 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:23:196" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:23.196/canonical-url/"> 23.196 </a>, etc.; used as a medicine, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:11:846" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:11.846/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 11.846 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ῥ. ἐλατήριος</span>, of a purgative medicine, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg006.perseus-grc1:5:34" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg006.perseus-grc1:5.34/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Epid.</span> 5.34 </a>: mostly in pl., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">roots</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:12:134" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:12.134/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 12.134 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:12:435" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:12.435/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 12.435 </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">δένδρεα μακρὰ αὐτῇσιν ῥίζησι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:542" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:9.542/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 9.542 </a> : hence </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> metaph., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">roots of the eye</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:9:390" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:9.390/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 9.390 </a> (but <span class="foreign greek">ῥίζας ἐν ὄσσοις αἱματῶπας</span> in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg009.perseus-grc1:933" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg009.perseus-grc1:933/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HF</span> 933 </a> prob. bloodshot <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">streaks</span>); the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">roots</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">foundations</span> of the earth, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:19" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:19/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Op.</span> 19 </a>; <span class="quote greek">χθόνα .. αὐταῖς ῥ. πνεῦμα κραδαίνοι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1047" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1047/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 1047 </a> (anap.); <span class="foreign greek">ἰπούμενος ῥίζαισιν Αἰτναίαις ὕπο</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:367" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:367/canonical-url/"> 367 </a>; of feathers, hair, etc., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:251b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:251b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phdr.</span> 251b </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:518b:14" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:518b.14/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HA</span> 518b14 </a>; of the teeth, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg012:789a:13" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg012:789a.13/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">GA</span> 789a13 </a>; <span class="quote greek">γαστρὸς ῥ. ὀμφαλός</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:493a:18" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:493a.18/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HA</span> 493a18 </a> , etc. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">τὸν πόλεμον ἐκ ῥιζῶν ἀνῄρηκε</span> \'root and branch\', <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg045:21" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg045:21/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pomp.</span> 21 </a>, cf. <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Heraclid.</span> </span> Pont. ap. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0008.tlg001.perseus-grc1:12:523f" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0008.tlg001.perseus-grc1:12.523f/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ath.</span> 12.523f </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἐκ ῥιζῶν ἀπώλεσεν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg032:31:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg032:31.12/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">LXX</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Jb.</span> 31.12 </a> ; cf. <span class="foreign greek">ῥιζόθεν, πρόρριζος</span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">that from which anything springs as from a root</span>, <span class="foreign greek">ῥίζαν ἀπείρου τρίταν</span> a third continental <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">foundation</span>, of Libya, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:9:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:9.8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">P.</span> 9.8 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἀστέων ῥ.</span>, of Cyrene, as the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">root</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">original</span> of the Cyrenaic Pentapolis, ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4:15" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4.15/canonical-url/"> 4.15 </a>; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">root</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">stock</span> from which a family springs, <span class="quote greek">ῥ. σπέρματος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:46" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.46/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">O.</span> 2.46 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg004.perseus-grc1:8(7).61" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg004.perseus-grc1:8(7).61/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">I.</span> 8(7).61 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:966" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:966/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ag.</span> 966 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1178" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1178/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Aj.</span> 1178 </a>, etc.; so, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">race, family</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:755" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:755/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 755 </a> (lyr.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg013.perseus-grc1:610" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg013.perseus-grc1:610/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IT</span> 610 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OGI</span> 383.31 </span> (Nemrud Dagh, i B.C.), etc.; <span class="quote greek">συκοφάντου .. σπέρμα καὶ ῥ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg025.perseus-grc1:48" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg025.perseus-grc1:48/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 25.48 </a> ; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">sect, party</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2003.tlg017:106e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2003.tlg017:106e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Jul.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Gal.</span> 106e </a>; also <span class="quote greek">ῥ. κακῶν</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 912.11 </span> (anap.); <span class="quote greek">ἀρχὴ καὶ ῥ. παντὸς ἀγαθοῦ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0537.tlg003:409" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0537.tlg003:409/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Epicur.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 409 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg015.perseus-grc1:6:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg015.perseus-grc1:6.10/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">1 Ep.Ti.</span> 6.10 </a>; <span class="quote greek">πηγὴ καὶ ῥ. καλοκἀγαθίας</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> 2.4c </span> ; <span class="quote greek">ἀρχαὶ καὶ ῥ. γῆς καὶ θαλάττης</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg026:353b:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg026:353b.1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mete.</span> 353b1 </a> , etc.; cf. <span class="quote greek">ῥίζωμα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg026:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg026:11/canonical-url/"> 11 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">base, foundation</span>, <span class="foreign greek">ῥ. πάντων καὶ βάσις ἁ γᾶ ἐρήρεισται</span> Ti. Locr. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg026:97e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg026:97e/canonical-url/"> 97e </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg031:81c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg031:81c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ti.</span> 81c </a>; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">base</span> of a vertical pillar, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4036.tlg002:3:23" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4036.tlg002:3.23/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Procl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hyp.</span> 3.23 </a>; <span class="quote greek">τῶν λόφων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0648.tlg001.perseus-grc1:10:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0648.tlg001.perseus-grc1:10.6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Onos.</span> 10.6 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> Math., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">root</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">base</span> of a series, Anatolius ap.<span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Theol.Ar.</span> 9 </span>.( Aeol. <span class="orth greek">βρίζα</span> (q.v.): cf. Goth. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">waúrts</span>, Lat. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">radix.</span>)</div> </div><br><br>'}