κατῶρυξ

English (LSJ)

ῠχος, ὁ, ἡ, (κατορύσσω)

   A dug out, quarried, ἀγορὴ . . λάεσσι κατωρυχέεσσ' ἀραρυῖα (as if from κατωρυχής) Od.6.267, cf. 9.185; λίθοι κ. Poll.7.123; τὴν κατώρυγα (sic) θεμελίωσιν foundation of quarried stone, Ph.Byz.Mir.6.2.    2 excavated, hewn out, ἐκ κατώρυχος στέγης, of a rock tomb, S.Ant.1100; οἰκήματα κ. D.C.56.11.    II underground, κατώρυχες δ' ἔναιον A.Pr.452.    2 beneath the horizon, [ἄστρα] Arat.510.    III Subst. κατῶρυξ, ἡ, cavern, S.Ant.774; χρυσοῦ κατώρυχες treasure caves, E.Hec.1002, cf. Max.Tyr.6.3.    2 rooting branch, Str.15.1.21.