Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ῥιζοτόμος

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ῥιζοτόμος

Etym.: te/mnw

Sense

  1. one who cuts roots

Examples

  • σὺ δὲ ῥιζοτόμοσ εἶ καὶ ἀγύρτησ, νοσοῦσι μὲν ἴσωσ ἀνθρώποισ χρήσιμοσ ἐπιθήσειν τῶν φαρμάκων, ἀνδρῶδεσ δὲ οὐδὲν ἐπιδεδειγμενοσ. (Lucian, Dialogi deorum, 2:3)

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

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