dig
From LSJ
κρείσσων γὰρ ἦσθα μηκέτ' ὢν ἢ ζῶν τυφλός → thou wert better not alive, than living blind | you were better not alive, than living blind
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
P. and V. ὀρύσσω, σκάπτω, λαχαίνω.
dig through: Ar. and P. διορύσσειν.
dig up: Ar. and P. ἐξορύσσειν, Ar. ἀνορύσσειν.
dug, adj.: P. and V. ὀρυκτός (Xen.).
I will go to break the earth and dig a grave for him: V. ἀλλ' εἶμ' ὀρυκτὸν τῷδ' ἀναρρήξων τάφον (Euripides, Troades 1153).
