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|Definition=<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">dig through a wall like a thief, to be a housebreaker</b>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>165</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>575b</span>. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>1.2.62</span>: c. acc., τοῖχον <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1138a25</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., <b class="b3">οἷα ἐτοιχωρύχησαν περὶ τὸ δάνειον</b> what [[thievish tricks they played]] with their loan, <span class="bibl">D.35.9</span>; τοὺς λόγους τινός <span class="bibl">Philostr. <span class="title">VS</span>2.1.6</span>; πάντα <span class="bibl">Ph.2.527</span>.</span>