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root

root
subs.
P. and V. ῥίζᾰ, ἡ.
Trunk:
Ar. and P. στέλεχος, τό.
Met., origin: P. and V. πηγή, ἡ, ῥίζᾰ, ἡ.
Beginning:
P. and V. ἀρχή, ἡ.
Family:
P. and V. γένος, τό, V. σπέρμᾰ, τό, ῥίζᾰ, ἡ, ῥίζωμα, τό ; see family.
Root of a number:
P. πυθμήν, ὁ (Plat.).
Square root:
P. δύναμις, ἡ (Plat.).
End from which something has been cut:
P. and V. τομή, ἡ.
From small seed a great root may spring:
V. σμικροῦ γένοιτʼ ἂν σπέρματος μέγας πυθμήν (Aesch. Choe. 204).
Take root:
P. ῥιζοῦσθαι (Xen.), καταρριζοῦσθαι (Plat.).
Root and branch, utterly:
use adj., P. and V. πρόρριζος (also Ar. rare P.), Ar. and V. αὐτόπρεμνος, or adv., V. πρυμνόθεν:see utterly.

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