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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

  • ὑπὸ γὰρ τῷ αὐτῷ φυσήματι τὸ μὲν πῦρ ἀνακαύσειασ ἂν καὶ μεῖζον ἐν βραχεῖ ποιήσειασ παραθήγων τῷ πνεύματι, καὶ τὸ τοῦ λύχνου φῶσ ἀποσβέσειασ οὐκ ἔχον ἀποχρῶσαν τῆσ ὕλησ τὴν χορηγίαν, ὡσ διαρκῆ εἶναι πρὸσ τὸ ἀντιπνέον οὐ γὰρ ἀπ’ ἰσχυρᾶσ, οἶμαι, τῆσ ῥίζησ ἀνεφύετο. (Lucian, Anacharsis, (no name) 35:7)
  • ὦ λῆμ’ ἄριστον, ὡσ ἀπ’ εὐγενοῦσ τινοσ ῥίζησ πέφυκασ τοῖσ φίλοισ τ’ ὀρθῶσ φίλοσ. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, episode, anapests 4:18)
  • οἱ τοῦδε γὰρ παῖδεσ γενόμενοι τέσσαρεσ ῥίζησ μιᾶσ ἐπώνυμοι γῆσ κἀπιφυλίου χθονὸσ λαῶν ἔσονται, σκόπελον οἳ ναίουσ’ ἐμόν. (Euripides, Ion, episode, iambic 3:3)
  • ἐπειδὰν γὰρ ἐκ διαστήματοσ αὐτομάτωσ κράδαι συμπέσωσι, ἐμψύχων περιπλοκῇ ἐν τῷ μένουσιν ἡνωμέναι καθάπερ ἀπὸ ῥίζησ μιᾶσ, καὶ τὸ λοιπὸν ἀνατρέχουσιν καὶ ζωοφυτοῦσιν διὸ καὶ τοῖσ ἡμέροισ φυλακὴν ἀπ’ αὐτῶν κατασκευάζουσιν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 29 3:1)
  • "ὧν σὺ μύκητα θρεπτὸν μή τι χαμηλὸν ἀπὸ ῥίζησ προτάμοιο. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 5280)
  • καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ. ὑγιαίνων ἔλθοισ, ἀδελφέ, καὶ μή μοι ὀργισθῇσ, ὅτι ἐζήτησα τὴν φυλήν σου καὶ τὴν πατριάν σου ἐπιγνῶναι. καὶ σὺ τυγχάνεισ ἀδελφόσ μου ἐκ τῆσ καλῆσ καὶ ἀγαθῆσ γενεᾶσ. ἐπεγίνωσκον γὰρ ἐγὼ Ἀνανίαν καὶ Ἰωνάθαν τοὺσ υἱοὺσ Σεμεί̈ τοῦ μεγάλου, ὡσ ἐπορευόμεθα κοινῶσ εἰσ Ἱεροσόλυμα προσκυνεῖν, ἀναφέροντεσ τὰ πρωτότοκα καὶ τὰσ δεκάτασ τῶν γεννημάτων, καὶ οὐκ ἐπλανήθησαν ἐν τῇ πλάνῃ τῶν ἀδελφῶν ἡμῶν. ἐκ ρίζησ καλῆσ εἶ, ἀδελφέ, (Septuagint, Liber Thobis 5:14)
  • ἀνάμεινον ἐπὶ τῆσ παρεμβολῆσ σου διαφυλάσσων πάντα ἄνδρα ἐκ τῆσ δυνάμεώσ σου, καὶ ἐπικρατησάτωσαν οἱ παῖδέσ σου τῆσ πηγῆσ τοῦ ὕδατοσ, ἣ ἐκπορεύεται ἐκ τῆσ ρίζησ τοῦ ὄρουσ, (Septuagint, Liber Iudith 7:12)
  • ἔτι ὂν ἐπὶ ρίζησ καὶ οὐ μὴ θερισθῇ, πρὸ τοῦ πιεῖν πᾶσα βοτάνη οὐχὶ ξηραίνεται̣ (Septuagint, Liber Iob 8:12)
  • ΚΑΙ ἐξελεύσεται ράβδοσ ἐκ τῆσ ρίζησ Ἰεσσαί, καὶ ἄνθοσ ἐκ τῆσ ρίζησ ἀναβήσεται. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 11:1)

Synonyms

  1. root

  2. source

  3. base

  4. stock

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