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διώρυξις

From LSJ

Οὔτ' ἐν φθιμένοις οὔτ' ἐν ζωοῖσιν ἀριθμουμένη, χωρὶς δή τινα τῶνδ' ἔχουσα μοῖραν → Neither among the dead nor the living do I count myself, having a lot apart from these

Euripides, Suppliants, 968

Spanish (DGE)

-εως, ἡ
táct. excavación en el asedio de una ciudad ποιοῦσι δὲ τὴν διώρυξιν οἱ πολέμιοι οὐκ ἐπ' εὐθείας Anon.Strat.13.28.