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|Definition=Od.10.305, Att. [[ὀρύττω]] (late pres. imper.<br><span class="bld">A</span> ὄρυγε ''IG''12(5).519 (Seriphos)): fut. ὀρύξω Il.7.341 : aor. [[ὤρυξα]], Ep. ὄρυξα as always in Hom., Od.11.25, al.: pf. ὀρώρῠχα (κατ-) Pherecr.145.19 : plpf. ὠρωρύχειν App.''BC''4.107:—Med., aor. ὠρυξάμην Hdt.1.186, A.R.3.1032, etc.:—Pass., fut. ὀρυχθήσομαι (κατ-) Antipho 3.2.10, also ὀρῠχήσομαι (κατ-) Ar.''Av.''394 (Elmsl.) and ὀρωρύξομαι Suid. [[sub verbo|s.v.]] [[ὤρυσσον]] (prob.): aor. ὠρύχθην Hdt.1.186, etc.: pf. ὀρώρυγμαι Id.2.158, etc.; in compds., [[ὤρυγμαι]] (κατ- Antipho 3.3.12 codd., ὑποκατ- Sophr.3, δι- Luc.''Tim.'' 53, etc.): plpf. ὀρωρύγμην Hdt.1.186, Pl.''Criti.''118c, also [[ὠρωρύγμην]] (δι-) X.''An.''7.8.14.—An aor. 2 Act. ὤρῠγον occurs in Philostr. ''VA''1.25: Pass. ὠρύγην ''OGI''72.7,673.6 (Egypt, i A. D.), (δι-) Hld.9.7, ''Gp.''4.3.2, (κατ-) [[falsa lectio|f.l.]] in X.''An.''5.8.11 :—[[dig]], ὀρύξομεν ἐγγύθι τάφρον Il.7.341; βόθρον ὄρυξα Od.11.25; ἔλυτρον Hdt.1.186; ὀρύγματα Id.4.200; ταῖς ὁπλαῖς εὐνάς Ar.''Eq.''605; ὑπόνομον ἐκ τῆς πόλεως Th.2.76: abs., ὤρυσσον ὑπὸ μαστίγων Hdt.7.22; ἐὰν ὀρύξῃ τις παρὰ τὴν θάλασσαν Arist.''Pr.'' 933b33 :—Med., δεξαμενὰς ὀρύξασθαι Hdt.3.9:—Pass., ὀρώρυκται (''[[sc.]]'' ἡ [[διῶρυξ]]) Id.2.158; [[τὸ ὀρυχθέν]] = τὸ [[ὄρυγμα]], the [[trench]], Id.1.186.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[dig up]], [μῶλυ] Od.10.305; κυκλάμινον Theoc.5.123: Med., <b class="b3">λίθους ὠρύξατο</b> [[had]] [[stone]]s [[dig|dug]] or [[quarry|quarried]], Hdt.1.186:—Pass., ὁ [[ὀρυσσόμενος]] [[χοῦς]] = the [[soil]] that was dug up, ib.185; ὑπὸ μεταλλείας ὀρύττεσθαι Pl.''Criti.'' 114e.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[dig through]], i. e. [[make a canal through]] (like [[διορύσσειν]]), <b class="b3">τὸν ἰσθμὸν ὀ</b>. Orac. ap. Hdt.1.174; τὸ χωρίον ὀρώρυκτο Id.1.186; of [[mole]]s, [[burrow]], either abs., as Arist.''HA''606a2; or <b class="b3">γῆν ὀ</b>., Id.''Mir.''842b4.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> [[bury]], <b class="b3">ἔγχος . . γαίας ὀρύξας ἔνθα μήτις ὄψεται</b> (where [[γαίας]] depends on [[ἔνθα]]) S.''Aj.''659, cf. X.''Oec.''19.2.<br><span class="bld">V</span> of a [[wrestler]], [[dig into]], [[gouge]] a [[tender]] part, τὠφθαλμώ Ar.''Av.''442, cf. ''Pax''899, Philostr. ''VA''8.25; [[gouge out]], ὀφθαλμὸν ὤρυττέν τις ὥσπερ ἰχθύος Antiph.119.