Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πολύρριζος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πολύρριζος πολύρριζον

Structure: πολυρριζ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: r(i/za

Sense

  1. with many roots

Examples

  • ἀλλ’ ὥσπερ τὰ παλαιὰ δένδρα τὴν μακρὰν πολιτείαν οὐ ῥᾴδιόν ἐστιν ἀνασπάσαι πολύρριζον οὖσαν καὶ πράγμασιν ἐμπεπλεγμένην , ἃ πλείονασ παρέχει ταραχὰσ καὶ σπαραγμοὺσ ἀπερχομένοισ ἢ μένουσιν. (Plutarch, An seni respublica gerenda sit, chapter, section 7 9:1)
  • φασὶ δὲ καὶ πολύρριζον εἶναι, τάχα τῷ μύθῳ τῷ περὶ τῆσ Κίρκησ συνοικειοῦντεσ. (Strabo, Geography, book 5, chapter 3 12:2)
  • καὶ πολυφάρμακον δὲ καὶ πολύρριζον τῶν τε σωτηρίων καὶ τῶν ἐναντίων, ὥσπερ καὶ πολυχρώματον, καὶ οὗτοσ εἴρηκε καὶ ἄλλοι γε· (Strabo, Geography, book 15, chapter 1 44:3)

Synonyms

  1. with many roots

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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