Ask at the forum if you have an Ancient or Modern Greek query!

ὀρύσσειν

From LSJ

Ὁπόσον τῷ ποδὶ περρέχει τᾶς γᾶς, τοῦτο χάρις → Every inch of his stature is grace

Theocritus, Idylls, 30.3

Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)

(see also ὀρύσσω): dig