Sense

1. by, from the roots

Examples

• τὸ δ ὑπ ἐμοῦ γεγενημένον οὐ φυγὴ οὐδὲ δευτέρας ἐπαναστάσεως ἐλπίς, ἀλλὰ παντελὴς καθαίρεσις καὶ πανωλεθρία παντὸς τοῦ γένους καὶ ῥιζόθεν τὸ δεινὸν ἅπαν ἐκκεκομμένον. (Lucian, Tyrannicida, (no name) 13:14)
• οὐ μήλῃ, τριόδοντι δ ἐνήλειψέν με Χαρῖνος, σπόγγον ἔχων καινὸν τῶν γραφικῶν πινάκων τὴν μήλην δ ἕλκων, ἐξέσπασε τὸ βλέφαρόν μου ῥιζόθεν ἡ μήλη δ ἔνδον ἔμεινεν ὅλη. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 11, chapter 1261)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.