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|Definition=<span class="bld">A</span> [[get by mining]], χαλκόν [[LXX]] ''De.''8.9; χρυσοῖο γενέθλην D.P.1114:—Pass., to [[be got by mining]], of metals, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Politicus|Plt.]]'' 288d, [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Meteorologica|Mete.]]''378a27, ''Pol.''1258b32.<br><span class="bld">2</span>abs., [[mine]], οἱ μεταλλεύοντες Ph.''Bel.''99.13, D.S.5.37, Luc. ''Cont.''11; Λαμψακηνοῖς πάντες μεταλλεύουσιν = [[work]] in [[mine]]s for the [[Lampsacus|Lampsacians]], Polyaen.2.1.26 (-ηνοί codd., i.e. [[condemn]] to [[labour]] in [[mine]]s): c. acc. cogn., πᾶν μεταλλεύων γνύθος Lyc.485.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[carry on]] [[mining]] [[operation]]s, of [[besieger]]s, D.S. 18.70: also c. acc. cogn., μ. τὰς ὑπονόμους σήραγγας D.H.4.44, cf. Polyaen.7.11.5.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[undermine]], τείχη J.''AJ''17.10.3.<br><span class="bld">5</span> [[explore]], AP6.302 (Leon.), Nic.''Th.''672; μ. τὴν ἔρευναν Porph.''Marc.'' 26.<br><span class="bld">II</span> = [[μεταλλάσσω]], [[pervert]], ῥεμβασμὸς ἐπιθυμίας μ. νοῦν ἄκακον [[LXX]] ''Wi.''4.12:—Pass., to [[be converted]], <b class="b3">εἰς πάντα</b> ib.16.25.