dig
From LSJ
κατασκαφὴς οἴκησις αἰείφρουρος → grave, everlasting dwelling, everlasting dwelling place
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).
