τοιχωρυχέω: Difference between revisions
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οὕτω τι βαθὺ καὶ μυστηριῶδες ἡ σιγὴ καὶ νηφάλιον, ἡ δὲ μέθη λάλον → silence is something profound and mysterious and sober, but drunkenness chatters
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English (LSJ)
A dig through a wall like a thief, to be a housebreaker, Ar.Pl.165, Pl.R.575b. X.Mem.1.2.62: c. acc., τοῖχον Arist.EN1138a25. 2 metaph., οἷα ἐτοιχωρύχησαν περὶ τὸ δάνειον what thievish tricks they played with their loan, D.35.9; τοὺς λόγους τινός Philostr. VS2.1.6; πάντα Ph.2.527.
