μεταλλεύω
From LSJ
Sophocles, Fragment 698
English (LSJ)
A get by mining, χαλκόν LXX De.8.9; χρυσοῖο γενέθλην D.P.1114:—Pass., to be got by mining, of metals, Pl.Plt.288d, Arist.Mete.378a27, Pol.1258b32. 2abs., mine, οἱ μεταλλεύοντες Ph.Bel.99.13, D.S.5.37, Luc. Cont.11; Λαμψακηνοῖς μ. work in mines for the L., Polyaen.2.1.26 (-ηνοί codd., i. e. condemn to labour in mines): c. acc. cogn., πᾶν μεταλλεύων γνύθος Lyc.485. 3 carry on mining operations, of besiegers, D.S. 18.70: also c. acc. cogn., μ. τὰς ὑπονόμους σήραγγας D.H.4.44, cf. Polyaen.7.11.5. 4 undermine, τείχη J.AJ17.10.3. 5 explore, AP6.302 (Leon.), Nic.Th.672; μ. τὴν ἔρευναν Porph.Marc. 26. II = μεταλλάσσω, pervert, ῥεμβασμὸς ἐπιθυμίας μ. νοῦν ἄκακον LXX Wi.4.12:—Pass., to be converted, εἰς πάντα ib.16.25.