Ῥίζα γὰρ πάντων τῶν κακῶν ἐστιν ἡ φιλαργυρία → Root of all the evils is the love of money (Radix omnium malorum est cupiditas)
ē-mātūresco: rŭi, 3,
I v. inch. n., to grow quite ripe, to come to maturity (very rare).
I In gen.: semen, Plin. 25, 4, 17, § 36: segetes, Gell. 2, 29, 7.—*
II Trop., to grow softer, be mitigated: ira Caesaris, Ov. Tr. 2, 124.