ἐξορύσσω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Att. ἐξορύττω, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[dig out]] the earth from a trench, τὸν ἀεὶ ἐξορυσσόμενον χοῦν <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.23</span>; τόποι ἐξορυσσόμενοι <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mir.</span>833b4</span>:— Med., <b class="b3">ἐξορύξασθαι χάρακας</b> [[make oneself]] a vallum, <span class="bibl">D.H.9.55</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[dig out]] of the ground, [[dig up]], τοὺς νεκρούς <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.64</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span>1024iv4</span> (iv/v A.D.); ἄγλιθας <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>763</span>; ([[μορίαν]]) <span class="bibl">Lys.7.26</span>:—Pass., τοῦ χοὸς τοῦ -ομένου <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PHal.</span>1.109</span> (iii B.C.); φυτά <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Oec.</span>19.4</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[gouge out]], ἐ. αὐτῶν τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.116</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">[[LXX]] <span class="title">Jd.</span>16.21</span>, <span class="bibl">Plu. <span class="title">Art.</span>14</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> metaph., τὸν ἐξορύσσοντα λόγον τὰ κεκρυμμένα τῶν πραγμάτων <span class="bibl">Ph.1.72</span>.</span>