μεταλλεύω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[get by mining]], χαλκόν <span class="bibl">[[LXX]] <span class="title">De.</span>8.9</span>; χρυσοῖο γενέθλην <span class="bibl">D.P.1114</span>:—Pass., to [[be got by mining]], of metals, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Plt.</span>288d</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mete.</span>378a27</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pol.</span>1258b32</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span>abs., [[mine]], οἱ μεταλλεύοντες <span class="bibl">Ph.<span class="title">Bel.</span>99.13</span>, <span class="bibl">D.S.5.37</span>, <span class="bibl">Luc. <span class="title">Cont.</span>11</span>; Λαμψακηνοῖς πάντες μεταλλεύουσιν = [[work]] in [[mine]]s for the [[Lampsacus|Lampsacians]], <span class="bibl">Polyaen.2.1.26</span> (-ηνοί codd., i. e. [[condemn]] to [[labour]] in [[mine]]s): c. acc. cogn., πᾶν μεταλλεύων γνύθος Lyc.485. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[carry on]] [[mining]] [[operation]]s, of [[besieger]]s, <span class="bibl">D.S. 18.70</span>: also c. acc. cogn., μ. τὰς ὑπονόμους σήραγγας <span class="bibl">D.H.4.44</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Polyaen.7.11.5</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> [[undermine]], τείχη <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">AJ</span>17.10.3</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> [[explore]], AP6.302 (Leon.), <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Th.</span>672</span>; μ. τὴν ἔρευναν <span class="bibl">Porph.<span class="title">Marc.</span> 26</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> = [[μεταλλάσσω]], [[pervert]], ῥεμβασμὸς ἐπιθυμίας μ. νοῦν ἄκακον <span class="bibl">[[LXX]] <span class="title">Wi.</span>4.12</span>:—Pass., to [[be converted]], <b class="b3">εἰς πάντα</b> ib.<span class="bibl">16.25</span>.</span>