διῶρυξ

English (LSJ)

ῠχος (sts. in Pap., BGU543.7 (i B. C.), etc.; later Gr. more freq. ῠγος PPetr.3p.60 (iii B. C.), Tab.Heracl.1.59, PTeb.72.72 (ii B. C.), J.Vit.31, etc.), ἡ (ὁ, PRyl.154.18):—

   A trench, conduit, canal, Hdt.1.75, Hp.Aër.15, Th.1.109, etc.; κρυπτὴ δ. an underground passage, Hdt.3.146; = fossa, Plu.Fab.1 (pl.).