ὀρυκτός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ή, όν, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[dug]], [[formed by digging]], τάφρον ὑπερθορέονται ὀρυκτήν <span class="bibl">Il.8.179</span>, al., cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>1.7.14</span>; opp. a natural channel, [[στόματα]], opp. [[ἰθαγενέα]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.17</span>; [[λίμνη]] ib.<span class="bibl">149</span>; τάφος <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Tr.</span>1153</span>; εἴσοδοι <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>4.5.25</span>; ἀποθῆκαι ὀ. ὑπόγειοι Plu.2.770e. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[dug out]], [[quarried]], of stone or metal, <b class="b3">τὰ ὀ</b>., opp. <b class="b3">τὰ μεταλλευτά</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mete.</span>378a20</span>; ὀ. χρυσός <span class="bibl">Plb.34.10.10</span>; ἅλες Gal.11.694; [[ἅλς]] Dsc.5.109; ἰχθῦς ὀρυκτός = [[fish]] [[taken by digging]] in [[sand]], such as sand-[[eel]]s, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mir.</span>835b16</span>, <span class="bibl">Thphr. <span class="title">Fr.</span>171.7</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ath.8.331c</span>, <span class="bibl">Archestr.<span class="title">Fr.</span>22</span>.</span>