FromProto-Indo-European*wréh₂ds(“root”). Compareῥάδιξ(rhádix). Cognate withMycenaean Greek𐀹𐀪𐀼(wi-ri-za),Latinradix(“root”),Latinramus(“branch”),Old Norserót(“root”) (Englishroot),Gothic𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍄𐍃(waurts),Old Englishwyrt(“herb, plant”) (Englishwort),Old Irishfren(“root”), and possiblyTocharian Bwitsako(“root”).
- IPA(key):/r̥íz.da/ →/ˈri.za/ →/ˈri.za/
ῥῐ́ζᾰ• (rhĭ́ză) f (genitiveῥῐ́ζης);first declension
- root (of a plant)
- source
- base,foundation
- stock,family,race
- “ῥίζα”, inLiddell & Scott (1940)A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ῥίζα”, inLiddell & Scott (1889)An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ῥίζα”, inAutenrieth, Georg (1891)A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ῥίζα inBailly, Anatole (1935)Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001)A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- ῥίζα inCunliffe, Richard J. (1924)A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published1963
- “ῥίζα”, inSlater, William J. (1969)Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G4491 inStrong, James (1979)Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910)English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- base idem, page 64.
- cause idem, page 118.
- element idem, page 265.
- family idem, page 305.
- foot idem, page 333.
- foundation idem, page 341.
- line idem, page 492.
- origin idem, page 579.
- race idem, page 667.
- root idem, page 721.
- seed idem, page 749.
- source idem, page 797.
- spring idem, page 805.
- starting point idem, page 812.
- stem idem, page 815.
- stock idem, page 818.
- ῥίζα, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese),University of Chicago, since 2011
