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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

οἰᾶ δὲ κυδιάεισ ἀνεμώλιοσ, Ἀτρυτώνη, ἣν γάμοσ οὐκ ἔσπειρε καὶ οὐ μαιώσατο μήτηρ, ἀλλὰ σιδηρείη σε τομὴ καὶ ῥίζα σιδήρου πατρῴων ἀλόχευτον ἀνεβλάστησε καρήνων. (Colluthus, Rape of Helen, book 199)
πρῶτον μὲν γὰρ ἑκάστῳ γένει ζῴου μία τροφὴ σύμφυλόσ ἐστι, τοῖσ μὲν πόα τοῖσ δὲ ῥίζα τισ ἢ καρπόσ· (Plutarch, Bruta animalia ratione uti, chapter, section 8 2:1)
"ἐν τῇ Βιθυνῶν γῇ γίνεται ἡ χαμαικέρασοσ, ἧσ ἡ μὲν ῥίζα ἐστὶν οὐ μεγάλη, ἀλλ’ οὐδὲ τὸ δένδρον, ἀλλὰ τῇ ῥοδῇ ἴσον, ὁ δὲ καρπὸσ τὰ μὲν ἄλλα πάντα κεράσῳ ὅμοιοσ, τοὺσ δὲ πλείονι χρησαμένουσ καθότι οἶνοσ βαρύνει τε καὶ ἀλγεῖν τὴν κεφαλὴν τίθησι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 352)
καὶ ὁ Ἐπίκουροσ δέ φησιν ἀρχὴ καὶ ῥίζα παντὸσ ἀγαθοῦ ἡ τῆσ γαστρὸσ ἡδονή· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 12, book 12, chapter 67 1:2)
πηγὴ γὰρ καὶ ῥίζα καλοκαγαθίασ τὸ νομίμου τυχεῖν παιδείασ. (Plutarch, De liberis educandis, section 7 5:1)
μή τίσ ἐστιν ἐν ὑμῖν ἀνὴρ ἢ γυνὴ ἢ πατριὰ ἢ φυλή, τίνοσ ἡ διάνοια ἐξέκλινεν ἀπὸ Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ ὑμῶν πορεύεσθαι λατρεύειν τοῖσ θεοῖσ τῶν ἐθνῶν ἐκείνων̣ μὴ τίσ ἐστιν ἐν ὑμῖν ρίζα ἄνω φύουσα ἐν χολῇ καὶ πικρίᾳ̣ (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 29:17)
Κύριε τοῦ Ἰσραήλ, ἀληθινὸσ εἶ. κατελείφθημεν γὰρ ρίζα ἐν τῇ σήμερον. (Septuagint, Liber Esdrae I 8:86)
καὶ ἐξῆλθεν ἐξ αὐτῶν ρίζα ἁμαρτωλὸσ Ἀντίοχοσ Ἐπιφανήσ, υἱὸσ Ἀντιόχου βασιλέωσ, ὃσ ἦν ὅμηρα ἐν τῇ Ρώμῃ. καὶ ἐβασίλευσεν ἐν ἔτει ἑκατοστῷ καὶ τριακοστῷ καὶ ἑβδόμῳ βασιλείασ Ἑλλήνων. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 1:10)
ἐὰν γὰρ γηράσῃ ἐν γῇ ἡ ρίζα αὐτοῦ, ἐν δὲ πέτρᾳ τελευτήσῃ τὸ στέλεχοσ αὐτοῦ, (Septuagint, Liber Iob 14:8)
ἡ ρίζα διήνοικται ἐπὶ ὕδατοσ, καὶ δρόσοσ αὐλισθήσεται ἐν τῷ θερισμῷ μου. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 29:19)

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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source

base

stock

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Sense

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root

source

base

stock

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