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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

  • ὡδοποίησασ ἔμπροσθεν αὐτῆσ καὶ κατεφύτευσασ τὰσ ρίζασ αὐτῆσ, καὶ ἐπλήρωσε τὴν γῆν. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 79:10)
  • ἔθου δέ μου τὸν πόδα ἐν κωλύματι, ἐφύλαξασ δέ μου πάντα τὰ ἔργα, εἰσ δὲ ρίζασ τῶν ποδῶν μου ἀφίκου. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 13:27)
  • οἱ περικυκλοῦντεσ ἅλιμα ἐπὶ ἠχοῦντι, οἵτινεσ ἅλιμα ἦν αὐτῶν τὰ σῖτα, ἄτιμοι δὲ καὶ πεφαυλισμένοι, ἐνδεεῖσ παντὸσ ἀγαθοῦ, οἳ καὶ ρίζασ ξύλων ἐμασσῶντο ὑπὸ λιμοῦ μεγάλου. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 30:4)
  • ρίζασ ἐθνῶν ἐξέτιλεν ὁ Κύριοσ καὶ ἐφύτευσε ταπεινοὺσ ἀντ̓ αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 10:15)
  • ἐπόνεσεν Ἐφραίμ. τὰσ ρίζασ αὐτοῦ ἐξηράνθη, καρπὸν οὐκ ἔτι μὴ ἐνέγκῃ. διότι καὶ ἐὰν γεννήσωσιν, ἀποκτενῶ τὰ ἐπιθυμήματα κοιλίασ αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Prophetia Osee 9:16)

Synonyms

  1. root

  2. source

  3. base

  4. stock

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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