ῥέω + ζάω
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Ῥίζα. δι’ ἧς ῥέει τὸ ζῆν ἄνω τοῖς δένδροις. τινὲς δὲ φασὶ πλεονασμὸν εἶναι τοῦ ρ, ἵζα τις οὖσα, παρὰ τὸ προϊζάνειν τὴν γῆν, καὶ ἔγκειται ἡ ἔρα ἡ γῆ, ἔριζά τις οὖσα, κατ’ ἀποβολὴν τοῦ ε [NB: Sturz prints ῥέα]
Translation (En)
Rhiza "root". The one through which life (to zēn) flows (rheei) upwards in the trees. But some say it arose by addition of the /r/, being a *hiza, as it were, from "to sit" (proïzanein) in the ground, and it contains the word era "earth", being a *eriza, as it were, by apocope of the /e/
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Orion, Etymologicum (excerpta e cod. Darmstadino 2773), p. 616 (ῥίζα, οἱ μὲν, δι’ ἧς τὸ ζῆν ῥέει τοῖς δένδροις· οἱ δὲ ἀποβολῆ τοῦ ρ, ἵζα τὶς οὖσα, ἀπὸ ἱζάνειν τῆ γῆ); Epimerismi homerici ordine alphabetico traditi, rho 10 (ῥίζα (cf. Ι 542 alibi): δι’ ἧς ῥέει τὸ ζῆν ἄνω τοῖς δένδροις. ἢ διὰ τὸ ῥᾷον ζῆν. ἢ παρὰ τὸ ἵζω, τὸ καθέζομαι, ἵζα καὶ ῥίζα); Etym. Gudianum, epsilon, p. 562 (Ἐπιμερισμῶν τοῦ Ψαλτηρίου Εὐρίζῳ <Ps. 47, 3>· ἡ εὐθεῖα εὔριζος, καὶ γίνεται παρὰ τὸ εὖ μόριον καὶ τὸ ῥίζα. τοῦτο δὲ παρὰ τὸ ἵζω, τὸ καθέζομαι, ἵζα καὶ ῥίζα· ἢ παρὰ τὸ ῥέειν δι’ αὐτῆς τὸ ζῆν); ibid., p. 492 (Ῥίζα, δι’ ἧς ῥέει τὸ ζῆν ἄνω τοῖς δένδροις· ἢ διὰ τὸ ῥᾷον ζῇν· ἢ παρὰ τὸ ἕζω τὸ καθέζομαι, ἵζα καὶ ῥίζα); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges,p. 704 (Ῥίζα: Δι’ ἧς ῥέει τὸ ζῆν ἄνω τοῖς δένδροις· παρὰ τὸ ῥέειν δι’ αὐτῆς τὸ ζῆν· ἢ παρὰ τὸ ἵζω, τὸ κάθημαι, ἵζα καὶ ῥίζα, παρὰ τὸ προσιζάνειν ἐν τῇ γῇ· ἢ παρὰ τὸ ἔρα, ἡ γῆ, ἔριζά τις οὖσα, κατὰ ἀποβολὴν τοῦ ε); Ps.-Zonaras, Lexicon, rho, p. 1617 (Ῥίζα. δι’ ἧς ῥεῖ τὸ ζῇν ἄνω τοῖς δένδροις); Scholia in Oppianum, Hal. 1.456 (Ῥίζαν· ῥίζα δι’ ἧς ῥέει τὸ ζῇν τοῖς φυτοῖς, ἢ παρὰ τὸ ἐν τῇ ἔρᾳ ἤως ἐν τῇ γῇ ἱζάνειν ἔριζα, καὶ ῥίζα ἀποβολῇ τοῦ ε)
Comment
Compositional etymology. The roots feed the plants, and brings them life, viz. the flowing sap. Only the initial consonant of each etymon is kept in the lemma