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ῥίζα

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ῥίζα ῥίζης

Structure: ῥιζ (Stem) + α (Ending)

Sense

  1. root (of a plant)
  2. source
  3. base, foundation
  4. stock, family, race

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • αἱ μὲν γὰρ πρῶται ἐκεῖναι ὥσπερ τινὲσ ῥίζαι καὶ θεμέλιοι ^ τῆσ ὀρχήσεωσ ἦσαν, τὸ δὲ ἄνθοσ αὐτῆσ καὶ τὸν τελεώτατον καρπόν, ὅσπερ ^ νῦν μάλιστα ἐσ τὸ ἀκρότατον ἀποτετέλεσται, τοῦτον ^ οὖν ὁ ἡμέτεροσ λόγοσ διεξέρχεται, παρεὶσ τὸ θερμαυστρίζειν καὶ γέρανον ὀρχεῖσθαι καὶ τὰ ἄλλα ὡσ μηδὲν τῇ νῦν ταύτῃ ἔτι προσήκοντα. (Lucian, De saltatione, (no name) 34:3)
  • αὐτὰρ ὕπερθεν γῆσ ῥίζαι πεφύασι καὶ ἀτρυγέτοιο θαλάσσησ. (Hesiod, Theogony, Book Th. 68:7)
  • "ὁ δὲ μύκησ ἔχει προσφύσεωσ δίκην τὸν καυλὸν εἰσ μῆκοσ, καὶ ἀποτείνουσιν ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ ῥίζαι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 52101)
  • Νίκανδροσ δ’ ἐν δευτέρῳ Γεωργικῶν φησιν ἐν δέ τε καὶ μαράθου καυλὸσ βαθύσ, ἐν δέ τε ῥίζαι πετραίου, ὁ σὺν δ’ αὐτὸσ ἐπαυχμήεισ σταφυλῖνοσ, σμυρνεῖον σόγκοσ τε κυνόγλωσσόσ τε σέρισ τε· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 12 1:1)
  • "εἰ δ’ ὥσ φασιν οὐδὲ τὰσ δρόσουσ ἀνέχεται, καθάπερ τὰ πλεῖστα τῶν Ἀραβικῶν, ἀλλ’ ἐξαμαυροῦται διαινόμενα καὶ φθείρεται, τί δὴ θαυμαστόν ἐστιν εἰ γίγνονται περὶ τὴν σελήνην ῥίζαι καὶ σπέρματα καὶ ὗλαι μηδὲν ὑετῶν δεόμεναι μηδὲ χιόνων ἀλλὰ πρὸσ θερινὸν ἀέρα καὶ λεπτὸν εὐφυῶσ ἔχουσαι; (Plutarch, De faciae quae in orbe lunae apparet, section 2527)
  • ὑποκάτωθεν αἱ ρίζαι αὐτοῦ ξηρανθήσονται, καὶ ἐπάνωθεν ἐπιπεσεῖται θερισμὸσ αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 18:16)
  • οὐ κατορθώσει ἄνθρωποσ ἐξ ἀνόμου, αἱ δὲ ρίζαι τῶν δικαίων οὐκ ἐξαρθήσονται. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 12:3)
  • ἐπιθυμίαι ἀσεβῶν κακαί, αἱ δὲ ρίζαι τῶν εὐσεβῶν ἐν ὀχυρώμασι. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 12:13)
  • ἔκγονα ἀσεβῶν οὐ πληθύνει κλάδουσ, καὶ ρίζαι ἀκάθαρτοι ἐπ̓ ἀκροτόμου πέτρασ. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 40:15)
  • καὶ ἀνέτειλε καὶ ἐγένετο εἰσ ἄμπελον ἀσθενοῦσαν καὶ μικρὰν τῷ μεγέθει τοῦ ἐπιφαίνεσθαι αὐτήν. τὰ κλήματα αὐτῆσ ἐπ̓ αὐτὴν καὶ ρίζαι αὐτῆσ ὑποκάτω αὐτῆσ ἦσαν. καὶ ἐγένετο εἰσ ἄμπελον καὶ ἐποίησεν ἀπώρυγασ καὶ ἐξέτεινε τὴν ἀναδενδράδα αὐτῆσ. (Septuagint, Prophetia Ezechielis 17:6)

Synonyms

  1. root

  2. source

  3. base

  4. stock

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