ῥίζα

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[edit] Ancient Greek

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wrd- (“‘root’”); cognate to the Latin radix and Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍄𐍃 (waurts).

[edit] Alternative spellings

[edit] Pronunciation

  • (Classical): IPA: [r̥ízda]
  • (Koine): IPA: [r̥ˈizza]
  • (Byzantine): IPA: [rˈizza]

[edit] Noun

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

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

[edit] 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

[edit] References

Strong’s concordance number: G4491

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