ῥιζοτομέω

A. cut or prune the roots of a tree by digging round it, συκῆ ῥιζοτομηθεῖσα Thphr. CP 1.17.10, etc.

II. cut up by the roots, extirpate, D.S. 32.4: esp. for Medic. purposes, ῥ. βοτάνας cut and gather their roots, Hp. Ep. 16, cf. Thphr. HP 4.5.1; gather roots for food, Str. 16.4.9: metaph., Philostr. VA 7.26.