uproot

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) (Sophocles, Ajax 1178).