root out
From LSJ
ὅπου ἡ λεοντῆ μὴ ἐφικνεῖται, προσραπτέον ἐκεῖ τὴν ἀλωπεκῆν → if a lionskin doesn't do the trick, put on the fox | if force doesn't work, try cunning | where the lion's skin will not reach, it must be patched out with the fox's
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).
