ῥίζα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wrh₂d- (“root”). Confer ῥάδιξ (rádiks). Cognate with Latin radix (“root”), Latin ramus (“branch”), Old Norse rót (“root”) (English root), Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍄𐍃 (waurts), Old English wyrt (“herb, plant”) (English wort), Old Irish fren (“root”), and possibly Tocharian B witsako (“root”)

Alternative forms

• βρίζα (Aeolic)
• ῥίζη (Ionic)

Pronunciation

• (Classical): IPA: [r̥ízda]
• (Koine): IPA: [r̥ˈizːa]
• (Byzantine): IPA: [rˈizːa]

Noun

ῥίζα (genitive ῥίζης) f, first declension; (rhiza)

1. root (of a plant)
2. source
3. base, foundation
4. stock, family, race

Inflection

First declension of ῥίζᾰ, ῥίζης

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ῥίζᾰ	τώ ῥίζᾱ	αἱ ῥίζαι
Genitive	τῆς ῥίζης	τοῖν ῥίζαιν	τῶν ῥιζῶν
Dative	τῇ ῥίζῃ	τοῖν ῥίζαιν	ταῖς ῥίζαις
Accusative	τήν ῥίζᾰν	τώ ῥίζᾱ	τάς ῥίζᾱς
Vocative	ῥίζᾰ	ῥίζᾱ	ῥίζαι

References

• LSJ
• BDAG
• Strong’s concordance number: G4491