ῥίζα?
First declension Noun; Feminine
Transliteration: rhiza
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.
- δύο καὶ τρεῖς πήχεις ὑπορρεῖν τὸ πλαζόμενον ἀπὸ τῶν ποταμῶν ὕδωρ μεθ οὗ ἰχθύες κατὰ τὰς παρεκχύσεις ὑποτρέχοντες ὑπὸ τὴν γῆν χάριν τῆς τροφῆς φιληδοῦσι γὰρ τῇ τῆς ἀγρώστεως ῥίζῃ πεποιήκασι πᾶν τὸ πεδίον πλῆρες ἰχθύων ὑπογείων, οὓς ἀνορύττοντες λαμβάνουσιν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 42)
- ἱδρύσασθαι μεθ Ἡρακλέους, ὃς ἔτι καὶ νῦν διαμένει παρὰ τῇ ῥίζῃ τοῦ λόφου κατὰ τὴν ἄνοδον τὴν ἀπὸ τῆς ἀγορᾶς φέρουσαν εἰς τὸ Καπιτώλιον, τήν τε θυσίαν, ἣν καὶ ἐπ ἐμοῦ Ῥωμαῖοι ἔθυον φυλάττοντες τὸν Ἑλληνικὸν νόμον, ἐκείνους εἶναι τοὺς καταστησαμένους. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, book 1, chapter 34 6:1)
- ῥίζῃ μὲν μέλαν ἔσκε, γάλακτι δὲ εἴκελον ἄνθος: (Homer, Odyssey, Book 10 33:2)
- ἀποπαγήσῃ, μᾶλλον δ ἀποπέπηγας ἤδη ἐν τῇ ῥίζῃ κάτω, τὰ δ ἄνω σου μικρὸν ἔτι ἀνθεῖ καὶ διὰ τοῦτο δοκεῖς ἔτι ζῆν καὶ θάλλειν. (Epictetus, Works, book 4, 39:4)
- ὑπέρκεινται δὲ τοῦ Κώμου πρὸς τῇ ῥίζῃ τῶν Ἄλπεων ἱδρυμένου τῇ μὲν Ῥαιτοὶ καὶ Ουἔννωνες ἐπὶ τὴν ἑώ κεκλιμένοι, τῇ δὲ Ληπόντιοι καὶ Τριδεντῖνοι καὶ Στόνοι καὶ ἄλλα πλείω μικρὰ ἔθνη κατέχοντα τὴν Ἰταλίαν ἐν τοῖς πρόσθεν χρόνοις λῃστρικὰ καὶ ἄπορα: (Strabo, Geography, book 4, chapter 6 12:6)
- ἐντύνοι τημόσδε φυτοσκάφος, ἔρνεα τάμνων, ῥίζᾐ ἐπ ἀγροτέρῃ ἥμερον ἀκρεμόνα. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 384 1:3)
Synonyms
-
root
-
source
-
base
- ἑδραίωμα (a foundation, base)
- ἕδος (a foundation, base)
- βάσις (foundation, base)
- ἔδαφος (the bottom, foundation, base)
-
stock
- γονή (race, stock, family; parentage)
- πατριά (race, stock)
- γενέτης ( familial, of one's race)
