ῥίς
ῥίζα γὰρ πάντων τῶν κακῶν ἐστιν ἡ φιλαργυρία → root of all the evils is the love of money, for every possible kind of evil can be motivated by the love of money
English (LSJ)
ἡ, gen. ῥῑνός, acc. ῥῖνα, pl. ῥῖνες:—
A nose or snout of men and beasts, Il.5.291, Od.4.445, Hdt.3.154, Ar.Pax 21, Pl.Prt.329d, etc.; ἕλκειν τινὰ τῆς ῥινός lead him by the nose, Luc.Herm.73; ἕλκεσθαι τῆς ῥ. ib.68; μὴ τὴν χολὴν ἐπὶ ῥινὸς ἔχ' εὐθύς Herod.6.37. 2 in pl. nostrils, but freq., like Lat. nares, nose, Il.16.503, Od.5.456, al., Hes.Sc.267, S.Aj.918, Ar.Nu.344, etc.; στόμα τε ῥῖνές τε Il.14.467, cf. 23.395, al., Pl.Ti.79e. II prob. brow of a hill or projecting spur of land, IG14.352 ii 36, al. (Halaesa).—A later nom. form is ῥίν, Hp.Vict.1.23 (prob. f.l. for ῥῖνες), Aret.CA1.2, Luc.Asin.12; as name of a bandage, Sor.Fasc.11. [ῑ, but ῐ in AP11.418 (Trajan).]
