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|Definition=<span class="bibl">Od.10.305</span>, Att. ὀρύττω (late pres. imper. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> ὄρυγε <span class="title">IG</span>12(5).519 (Seriphos)): fut. ὀρύξω <span class="bibl">Il.7.341</span> : aor. <b class="b3">ὤρυξα</b>, Ep. <b class="b3">ὄρυξα</b> as always in Hom., <span class="bibl">Od.11.25</span>, al.: pf. <b class="b3">ὀρώρῠχα</b> (κατ-) <span class="bibl">Pherecr.145.19</span> : plpf. ὠρωρύχειν <span class="bibl">App.<span class="title">BC</span>4.107</span>:—Med., aor. ὠρυξάμην <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.186</span>, <span class="bibl">A.R.3.1032</span>, etc.:—Pass., fut. <b class="b3">ὀρυχθήσομαι</b> (κατ-) <span class="bibl">Antipho 3.2.10</span>, also <b class="b3">ὀρῠχήσομαι</b> (κατ-) <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>394</span> (Elmsl.) and ὀρωρύξομαι Suid. s.v. [[ὤρυσσον]] (prob.): aor. ὠρύχθην <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.186</span>, etc.: pf. ὀρώρυγμαι <span class="bibl">Id.2.158</span>, etc.; in compds., <b class="b3">ὤρυγμαι</b> (κατ- <span class="bibl">Antipho 3.3.12</span> codd., ὑποκατ- <span class="bibl">Sophr.3</span>, δι- <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Tim.</span> 53</span>, etc.): plpf. ὀρωρύγμην <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.186</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Criti.</span>118c</span>, also <b class="b3">ὠρωρύγμην</b> (δι-) <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>7.8.14</span>.—An aor. 2 Act. <b class="b3">ὤρῠγον</b> occurs in <span class="bibl">Philostr. <span class="title">VA</span>1.25</span>: Pass. ὠρύγην <span class="title">OGI</span>72.7,673.6 (Egypt, i A. D.), (δι-) <span class="bibl">Hld.9.7</span>, <span class="title">Gp.</span>4.3.2, (κατ-) f.l. in <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>5.8.11</span> :—[[dig]], ὀρύξομεν ἐγγύθι τάφρον <span class="bibl">Il.7.341</span>; βόθρον ὄρυξα <span class="bibl">Od.11.25</span>; ἔλυτρον <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.186</span>; ὀρύγματα <span class="bibl">Id.4.200</span>; ταῖς ὁπλαῖς εὐνάς <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>605</span>; ὑπόνομον ἐκ τῆς πόλεως <span class="bibl">Th.2.76</span>: abs., ὤρυσσον ὑπὸ μαστίγων <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.22</span> ; ἐὰν ὀρύξῃ τις παρὰ τὴν θάλασσαν <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pr.</span> 933b33</span> :—Med., δεξαμενὰς ὀρύξασθαι <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.9</span>:—Pass., <b class="b3">ὀρώρυκται</b> (sc. <b class="b3">ἡ διῶρυξ</b>) <span class="bibl">Id.2.158</span> ; <b class="b3">τὸ ὀρυχθέν</b>, = [[τὸ ὄρυγμα]], the [[trench]], <span class="bibl">Id.1.186</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">dig up</b>, [μῶλυ] <span class="bibl">Od.10.305</span> ; κυκλάμινον <span class="bibl">Theoc.5.123</span>: Med., <b class="b3">λίθους ὠρύξατο</b> [[had]] stones [[dug]] or [[quarried]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.186</span>:—Pass., <b class="b3">ὁ ὀρυσσόμενος χοῦς</b> the soil <b class="b2">that was dug up</b>, ib.<span class="bibl">185</span> ; ὑπὸ μεταλλείας ὀρύττεσθαι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Criti.</span> 114e</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b2">dig through</b>, i. e. <b class="b2">make a canal through</b> (like <b class="b3">διορύσσειν</b>), <b class="b3">τὸν ἰσθμὸν ὀ</b>. Orac. ap. <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.174</span> ; τὸ χωρίον ὀρώρυκτο <span class="bibl">Id.1.186</span> ; of moles, [[burrow]], either abs., as <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>606a2</span> ; or <b class="b3">γῆν ὀ</b>., <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Mir.</span>842b4</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> [[bury]], <b class="b3">ἔγχος . . γαίας ὀρύξας ἔνθα μήτις ὄψεται</b> (where <b class="b3">γαίας</b> depends on <b class="b3">ἔνθα</b>) <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>659</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Oec.</span>19.2</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">V</span> of a wrestler, [[dig into]], [[gouge]] a tender part, τὠφθαλμώ <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>442</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pax</span>899</span>, <span class="bibl">Philostr. <span class="title">VA</span>8.25</span> ; <b class="b2">gouge out</b>, ὀφθαλμὸν ὤρυττέν τις ὥσπερ ἰχθύος <span class="bibl">Antiph.119</span>.</span>