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ῥιζ-όω

rizoo

cause to strike root

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Where it lives

  • Colossians 1 · 6.46/10k
  • Ephesians 1 · 4.15/10k
  • Psalmi Salomonis 1 · 2.1/10k
  • Siracides 2 · 1.08/10k
  • Oedipus at Colonus 1 · 0.97/10k
  • Athenian Constitution 1 · 0.61/10k
  • Epistles 1 · 0.59/10k
  • Economics 1 · 0.56/10k
  • Isaias 1 · 0.38/10k
  • Jeremias 1 · 0.36/10k
  • Odyssey 2 · 0.23/10k
  • Discourses 1 · 0.13/10k

Densest 12 of 14 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

cause to strike root, plant, fix firmly, take root, strike root, made fast, solid

cause to strike root: metaph., plant, fix firmly, ὅς μιν [τὴν ναῦν] λᾶαν θῆκε καὶ ἐρρίζωσεν ἔνερθεν Od. 13.163; [νήσους] κατὰ βυσσὸν πρυμνόθεν (s. v.l.) Call. Del. 35:—Pass., of trees and plants, take root, strike root, X. Oec. 19.9, Thphr. CP 1.2.1:—Med., ἄριστον ῥιζώσασθαι, of the fig, Id. HP 2.5.6; so αἱ πίνναι ἐρρίζωνται, opp. ἀρρίζωτοι, Arist. HA 548a5; ῥ. ἐπί τινος AP 6.66 (Paul.Sil.); ὀδὸς βάθροισι γῆθεν ἐρριζωμένος made fast or solid, S. OC 1591; of a bridge, αἰώνιος ἐρρίζωται Epigr.Gr.

2 have their root

metaph., ἐρρίζωσε τὴν τυραννίδα Hdt. 1.64:—Pass., τυραννὶς ἐρριζωμένη ib. 60, cf. Pl. Lg. 839a; ἐξ ἀμαθίας πάντα κακὰ ἐρρ. have their root in . . , Id. Ep. 336b, cf. S.E. M. 1.271; ἐν ἀγάπῃ ἐρρ. Ep.Eph. 3.18.

II to be planted with trees

Pass. also of land, to be planted with trees, ἀλωὴ ἐρρίζωται Od. 7.122.

In the wild

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Where it came from

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