root out
From LSJ
κοινὸν τύχη, γνώμη δὲ τῶν κεκτημένων → good luck is anyone's, judgment belongs only to those who possess it
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) (Sophocles, Ajax 1178).
