root out
From LSJ
ἐν πιθήκοις ὄντα δεῖ εἶναι πίθηκον → in Rome we do as the Romans do | when in Rome, do as the Romans do | when in Rome, do as the Romans | when in Rome, do like the Romans do | when in Rome | being among monkeys one has to be a monkey
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).
