αὐτὸν κέκρουκας τὸν βατῆρα τοῦ λόγου → you have struck the very threshold of the argument, you have struck the most important and chiefmost point
be rooted: P. and V. ῥιζοῦσθαι, P. καταρριζοῦσθαι.
rooted in earth: V. γῆθεν ἐρριζωμένος (Sophocles, o. c 1591).
be fixed: P. and V. πεπηγέναι (perf. of πηγνύναι).
Met., stubborn, intractable: P. ἰσχυρός; see innate.
