φρεωρυχέω

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εἰς τετρημένον πίθον ἀντλεῖν → run water into a punctured pitcher, to the perforated jar bale water, labour in vain, labor in vain

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Full diacritics: φρεωρῠχέω Medium diacritics: φρεωρυχέω Low diacritics: φρεωρυχέω Capitals: ΦΡΕΩΡΥΧΕΩ
Transliteration A: phreōrychéō Transliteration B: phreōrycheō Transliteration C: freorycheo Beta Code: frewruxe/w

English (LSJ)

   A dig wells, Str.16.4.14, Plu.2.776e:—ludicrously, of a gnat, μ' ἐφρεωρύχει was sinking wells in me, Ar.Lys.1033 (troch.).

German (Pape)

[Seite 1305] Brunnen graben, ein Brunnengräber sein, Plut. phil. c. princ. 1 M. Bei Ar. Lys. 1033 komisch von einer stechenden Mücke.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

φρεωρῠχέω: ὀρύσσω, σκάπτω φρέατα, Στράβ. 773, Πλούτ. 2. 776D· ― ἐν Ἀριστοφ. Λυσ. 1033, κωμικῶς ἐπὶ τῆς ἐμπίδος ἢ τοῦ κώνωπος, φρεωρυχεῖ με, ἀνοίγει φρέατα εἰς τὸ σῶμά μου.

French (Bailly abrégé)

-ῶ :
creuser un puits.
Étymologie: φρεωρύχος.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

φρεωρῠχέω: 1) рыть колодец Plut.;
2) шутл. сильно жалить (τινα Arph.).