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τἄλλαι ... γυναῖκες ... ἀπήλαἁν τὼς ἄνδρας ἀπὸ τῶν ὑσσάκων → the other women diverted the men from their vaginas

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

suffossĭo: (subf-), ōnis, f. suffodio,
I a digging under, undermining, Vulg. Jer. 51, 58.—Transf., in <number opt="n">plur.</number>, concr., mines, Vitr. 1, 5, 5 (dub.): cum ipsum solum subfossionibus tremeret, Sen. Ep. 49, 8.