ῥίζωσις
καὶ ἤδη γε ἄπειμι παρὰ τὸν ἑταῖρον Κλεινίαν, ὅτι πυνθάνομαι χρόνου ἤδη ἀκάθαρτον εἶναι αὐτῷ τὴν γυναῖκα καὶ ταύτην νοσεῖν, ὅτι μὴ ῥεῖ. ὥστε οὐκέτι οὐδ' ἀναβαίνει αὐτήν, ἀλλ' ἄβατος καὶ ἀνήροτός ἐστιν → and now I depart for my companion, Cleinias since I have learned that for some time now his wife is unclean and she is ill because she does not flow, therefore he no longer sleeps with her but she is unavailable and untilled
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ,
A taking root, Thphr.CP2.12.5, 8.1.3; ῥ. λαμβάνειν Plu.Publ.8: metaph., of the formation of the embryo, ὀμφαλὸς -ώσιος ἀρχά Philol.13; ἡ τῶν γεννωμένων ῥ. Plu.Lyc.14; origin of veins and arteries, Hp.Alim.31.
German (Pape)
[Seite 843] 1) das Einwurzelnlassen, Befestigen. – 2) intrans., das Wurzeln, Wurzelschlagen, Theophr. Auch τῶν γεννωμένων, vom Menschen, Plut. Lyc. 14.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ῥίζωσις: -εως, ἡ, (ῥιζόω) τὸ ῥιζοῦσθαι, Θεοφρ. π. Φυτ. Αἰτ. 2. 12, 5, Πλούτ. 2. 227D· μεταφορ., ἡ τῶν γεννωμένων ῥίζωσις, ἐπὶ τοῦ σχηματισμοῦ τοῦ ἐμβρύου, Πλουτ. Λυκοῦργ. 14, Ποπλικ. 8.
