κατῶρυξ: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ῠχος, ὁ, ἡ, ([[κατορύσσω]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[dug out]], [[quarried]], <b class="b3">ἀγορὴ… λάεσσι κατωρυχέεσσ' ἀραρυῖα</b> (as if from [[κατωρυχής]]) Od.6.267, cf. 9.185; λίθοι κ. Poll.7.123; <b class="b3">τὴν κατώρυγα</b> (sic) [[θεμελίωσιν]] foundation [[of quarried stone]], Ph.Byz.''Mir.''6.2.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[excavated]], [[hewn out]], <b class="b3">ἐκ κατώρυχος στέγης</b>, of a rock tomb, [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Antigone|Ant.]]''1100; οἰκήματα κ. D.C.56.11.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[underground]], κατώρυχες δ' ἔναιον [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''452.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[beneath the horizon]], ([[ἄστρα]]) Arat.510.<br><span class="bld">III</span> Subst. [[κατῶρυξ]], ἡ, [[cavern]], [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Antigone|Ant.]]''774; <b class="b3">χρυσοῦ κατώρυχες</b> treasure [[caves]], E.''Hec.''1002, cf. Max.Tyr.6.3.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[rooting branch]], Str.15.1.21.