ῥίζα
ῥίζα
.ῥίζα, ης, ἡ,
a root, Od., Attic: in pl. the roots, Hom.
metaph. the roots of the eye, Od.; the roots or foundations of the earth, Hes., Aesch., etc.
ἐκ ῥιζῶν, Lat. radicitus, Plut.
anything that grows like a root from one stem, whence Pindar calls Libya the τρίτη ῥίζα χθονός, considering the earth as divided into three continents.
metaph. the root or stock from which a family springs, Lat. stirps, Pind., Aesch., etc.; and so a race, family, Aesch., Eur., etc.
Headword (normalized):
ῥίζα
Headword (normalized/stripped):
ριζα
Intro Text:
ῥίζα
.ῥίζα, ης, ἡ,
a root, Od., Attic: in pl. the roots, Hom.
metaph. the roots of the eye, Od.; the roots or foundations of the earth, Hes., Aesch., etc.
ἐκ ῥιζῶν, Lat. radicitus, Plut.
anything that grows like a root from one stem, whence Pindar calls Libya the τρίτη ῥίζα χθονός, considering the earth as divided into three continents.
metaph. the root or stock from which a family springs, Lat. stirps, Pind., Aesch., etc.; and so a race, family, Aesch., Eur., etc.
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n29095
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