root out
From LSJ
Νέοις τὸ σιγᾶν κρεῖττόν ἐστιν τοῦ λαλεῖν → Sermone melius est iuveni silentium → Es schweigen besser, statt zu schwätzen, junge Leut'
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
pull up by the roots: P. ἐκπρεμνίζειν, V. ἐκθαμνίζειν.
Met., P. and V. ἀναιρέω, ἀναιρεῖν, καθαιρεῖν, V. ἐκτρίβειν, ἐκθαμνίζειν; see destroy.
having all his house utterly rooted out: V. γένους ἅπαντος ῥίζαν ἐξημημένος (ἐξαμᾶν) (Soph., Ajax 1178).
