ῥίζα

See also: ρίζα and ριζά

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds (“root”). Compare ῥάδιξ (rhádix). Cognate with Mycenaean Greek 𐀹𐀪𐀼 (wi-ri-za), 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”).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

ῥῐ́ζᾰ • (rhíza) f (genitive ῥῐ́ζης); first declension

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

Inflection
First declension of ἡ ῥῐ́ζᾰ; τῆς ῥῐ́ζης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ῥῐ́ζᾰ
hē rhíza		 τὼ ῥῐ́ζᾱ
tṑ rhízā		 αἱ ῥῐ́ζαι
hai rhízai
Genitive τῆς ῥῐ́ζης
tês rhízēs		 τοῖν ῥῐ́ζαιν
toîn rhízain		 τῶν ῥῐζῶν
tôn rhizôn
Dative τῇ ῥῐ́ζῃ
têi rhízēi		 τοῖν ῥῐ́ζαιν
toîn rhízain		 ταῖς ῥῐ́ζαις
taîs rhízais
Accusative τὴν ῥῐ́ζᾰν
tḕn rhízan		 τὼ ῥῐ́ζᾱ
tṑ rhízā		 τᾱ̀ς ῥῐ́ζᾱς
tā̀s rhízās
Vocative ῥῐ́ζᾰ
rhíza		 ῥῐ́ζᾱ
rhízā		 ῥῐ́ζαι
rhízai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Greek: ρίζα (ríza)
  • Mariupol Greek: ри́за (ríza)
  • Tsakonian: σχίντα (schínta)
  • → English: rhizo- (learned)

Further reading
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