ῥίζα
First declension Noun; Feminine
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
ῥίζα
ῥίζης
Structure:
ῥιζ
(Stem)
+
α
(Ending)
Sense
- root (of a plant)
- source
- base, foundation
- 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.
- οὔτε γὰρ ἐνδύεται ταῖσ ῥίζαισ ὑπὸ πάχουσ οὔτ’ ἀναφέρεται ὑπὸ βάρουσ· (Plutarch, Quaestiones Naturales, chapter 1 2:3)
- ἔνιαι δὲ ῥόαι καὶ μῆλα τὸν ὀξὺν ἁπλῶσ φέρουσιν, ὁ δὲ δριμὺσ ἐν ταῖσ ῥίζαισ καὶ σπέρμασι πολύσ ἐστι. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Naturales, chapter 5 2:3)
- ἢ στυπτικὴν φύσιν ἔχων ὁ ἄκρατοσ ἐνδύεται ταῖσ ῥίζαισ, καὶ τοὺσ πόρουσ συναγαγὼν καὶ πυκνώσασ οὐ διίησι τὸ ὕδωρ εἰσ τὸ φυτόν, ᾧ εὐθαλεῖν καὶ βλαστάνειν πέφυκεν ἢ καὶ τοῦτο μᾶλλον εἰκὸσ εἶναι τῇ ἀμπέλῳ παρὰ φύσιν, τὸ ἐξ αὐτῆσ ἀπιὸν εἰσ αὐτὴν ἐπανιὸν πάλιν δέχεσθαι; (Plutarch, Quaestiones Naturales, chapter 31 3:1)
- πορρωτέρω γὰρ ἐξικνεῖται ταῦτα ταῖσ ῥίζαισ, καὶ οὐ πᾶσι γειτνιᾷ τοῖσ φυτοῖσ ἀσινῶσ, ἀλλὰ καὶ τροφὴν παραιρεῖται καὶ βλάπτουσαν ἐνίοισ ἀπορροὴν ἀφίησι. (Plutarch, , chapter 23 5:7)
- χθόνα δ’ ἐκ πυθμένων αὐταῖσ ῥίζαισ πνεῦμα κραδαίνοι, κῦμα δὲ πόντου τραχεῖ ῥοθίῳ συγχώσειεν τῶν οὐρανίων ἄστρων διόδουσ· (Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound, episode, anapests4)
Synonyms
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root
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source
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base
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stock
