forming a base
forming a base (cf. ῥίζα II.2), ῥ. λίθος, of a column, opp. σπεῖρα, Sardis 7(1) No.181 (prob. i A.D.).
The corpus record
ῥιζ-αῖος
rizaios
forming a base
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What it meant — LSJ
Where it came from
No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.