διορύσσω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Att. διορύττω, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[dig through]], <b class="b3">διὰ τάφρον ὀρύξας</b> having dug a [[trench]] [[across]] or [[along]], <span class="bibl">Od.21.120</span>; [[τοῖχον διορύσσω]] = [[τοιχωρυχέω]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.37</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span> 565</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.2.3</span>, <span class="bibl">D.54.37</span>; [[δεσμωτήριον]] <span class="bibl">Id.25.56</span>; οἰκίαν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Smp.</span>4.30</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PPetr.</span>3p.60</span>: c. acc. loci, τὸν Ἄθω <span class="bibl">Lys.2.29</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>699a</span>, <span class="bibl">D.6.30</span>: —Pass., <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Matt.</span>24.43</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., [[undermine]], [[ruin]], <span class="bibl">D.45.30</span>; φιλίαν <span class="bibl">Lib.<span class="title">Or.</span>1.123</span>; δημοκρατίαν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Decl.</span>1.41</span>:—Pass., διορωρυγμένα δωροδοκίαις <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Phoc.</span>12</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Him.<span class="title">Ecl.</span>5.6</span> (but to [[be entrenched]] in our [[several]] cities, <span class="bibl">D.9.28</span>). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[worm out]], ἀπόρρητα <span class="bibl">Bato 6</span>; τὰ βουλευόμενα Plu.2.87c. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> Pass., to [[be shut up in a funeral vault]], <span class="bibl">D.S.4.43</span>.</span>