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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

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ῥίζα	ῥίζᾱ	ῥίζαι
Genitive	ῥίζης	ῥίζαιν	ῥιζῶν
Dative	ῥίζῃ	ῥίζαιν	ῥίζαις
Accusative	ῥίζαν	ῥίζᾱ	ῥίζᾱς
Vocative	ῥίζα	ῥίζᾱ	ῥίζαι

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

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
- ῥιζίον (a little root)
- ἴονθος (the root of hair.)
- πρέμνον (the root or bottom)
- δύναμις ( square root)
source
- πηγή ( source of a river)
- μήτηρ (source or origin)
- μήτρᾱ ( source, origin)
- γένεσις (origin, source)
base
- ἑδραίωμα (a foundation, base)
- ἕδος (a foundation, base)
- βάσις (foundation, base)
- ἔδαφος (the bottom, foundation, base)
stock
- γονή (race, stock, family; parentage)
- πατριά̄ (race, stock)
- γενέτης ( familial, of one's race)

νάφθα (naphtha)
πόα (grass)
παλίουρος (Rhamnus paliurus)
ἐπιπολάζω (to come to the surface)
ἐπίρρυτος (flowing in or to)
στέλεχος (the crown of the root)
στέλεχον (the crown of the root)
κλῆμα (a vine-twig)
κατάφυτος (all planted with)
συκάμινος (the mulberry-tree)
συκάμινον (the fruit of the)
σποδιά (a heap of ashes)
χαμαίζηλος (seeking the ground)
κάρπιμος (fruit-bearing)
τερέβινθος ()
βότρυς (bunch of grapes)
ἄκαρπος (without fruit)
σιτοφόρος (carrying corn or provisions)
ἕλειος (of the marsh or meadow)
νάρδος (nard plant)
συνάγκεια ()
δασεῖα (dasia)
χλωρός (The green of new growth)
στάχῡς (An ear of grain)
ἀλετός (a grinding)
ἀναίμων (without blood)
ἄναιμος (without blood)
ἕψημα (anything boiled)
σταγών (a drop)
κόμμι (gum)

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ῥίζα

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source

base

stock

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ῥίζα

Sense

Declension

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root

source

base

stock

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Similar forms

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