διόρυξις
From LSJ
τοῦ δὲ πολέμου οἱ καιροὶ οὐ μενετοί → in war, opportunities won't wait | the chances of war will not wait (Thucydides 1.142.2)
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ,
A digging through, Sch.Theoc.1.67.
German (Pape)
[Seite 635] ἡ, das Durchgraben, Schol. Theocr. 1, 67.
Spanish (DGE)
-εως, ἡ
excavaciónde un canal τὴν διόρυξιν ... δι' ἧς ὁ Πηνειὸς ... ῥεῖ Sch.Theoc.1.67a, ἡ τοῦ Ἄθω δ., ἵν' ἡ θάλασσα εἰσρυεῖσα πλωτὸν ἀπεργάσαιτο τὸν ἰσθμὸν τοῖς Ξέρξου σκάφεσι Sch.Luc.Rh.Pr.18.
