root
From LSJ
Τὸ μανθάνειν δ' ἥδιστον εὖ λέγοντος, εἰ κέρδος λέγοι → It is the sweetest thing to learn from one speaking well, if they speak profitably
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.
