uproot
From LSJ
Μεγάλοι δὲ λόγοι μεγάλας πληγὰς τῶν ὑπεραύχων ἀποτίσαντες γήρᾳ τὸ φρονεῖν ἐδίδαξαν → The great words of the arrogant pay the penalty by suffering great blows, and teach one to reason in old age
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
P. ἐκπρεμνίζειν, Ar. and V. ἐξορύσσειν, V. ἐκθαμνίζειν.
destroy: P. and V. ἀναιρέω, ἀναιρεῖν, καθαιρεῖν, V. ἐκτρίβειν, ἐκθαμνίζειν, ἐξαϊστοῦν; see destroy.
having all his house utterly uprooted: V. γένους ἅπαντος ῥίζαν ἐξημημένος (ἐξαμᾶν) (Soph., Ajax 1178).
