διορύσσειν
From LSJ
Ὦ τύμβος, ὦ νυμφεῖον, ὦ κατασκαφὴς οἴκησις αἰείφρουρος, οἷ πορεύομαι πρὸς τοὺς ἐμαυτῆς → Tomb, bridal chamber, eternal prison in the caverned rock, whither I go to find mine own.
Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)
(see also διορύσσω): dig, undermine, burrow through, dig through
Lexicon Thucydideum
perfodere, to pierce through, perforate, 2.3.3.