ῥίζωσις
δρυὸς πεσούσης πᾶς ἀνὴρ ξυλεύεται → when the oak falls, everyone cuts wood | when an oak has fallen, every man gathers wood | on the fall of an oak, every man gathers wood | when an oak has fallen, every man becomes a woodcutter | one takes advantage of somebody who has lost his strength | one takes advantage of somebody who has lost his power | when the tree is fallen, every man goes to it with his hatchet
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.
French (Bailly abrégé)
εως (ἡ) :
action de pousser des racines, de prendre racine.
Étymologie: ῥιζόω.
Greek Monotonic
ῥίζωσις: -εως, ἡ, ρίζωμα, ριζοβόλημα· μεταφ., έναρξη, ξεκίνημα της ζωής, ἡ τῶν γεννωμένων ῥίζωσις, λέγεται για τον σχηματισμό του εμβρύου, σε Πλούτ.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
ῥίζωσις: εως ἡ пускание корней: ἡ τῶν γεννωμένων ῥ. Plut. развитие зародышей.
