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ἄνδρες τεθνᾶσιν ἐκ χερῶν αὐτοκτόνων → the men are dead, murdered by their very own hands | dead are our chiefs by fratricidal hands | by kindred hands and mutual murder slain | their hands have killed each other
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
trunk: Ar. and P. στέλεχος, τό.
Met., origin: P. and V. πηγή, ἡ, ῥίζα, ἡ.
family: P. and V. γένος, τό, V. σπέρμα, τό, ῥίζα, ἡ, ῥίζωμα, τό; see family.
root of a number: P. πυθμήν, ὁ (Plato).
square root: P. δύναμις, ἡ (Plato).
end from which something has been cut: P. and V. τομή, ἡ.
from small seed a great root may spring: V. σμικροῦ γένοιτ' ἂν σπέρματος μέγας πυθμήν (Aesch., Choe. 204).
take root: P. ῥιζοῦσθαι (Xen.), καταρριζοῦσθαι (Plato).
root and branch, utterly: use adj., P. and V. πρόρριζος (also Ar. rare P.), Ar. and V. αὐτόπρεμνος, or adv., V. πρυμνόθεν:see utterly.
