διορύσσειν

From LSJ

Θησαυρός ἐστι τοῦ βίου τὰ πράγματα → Non est thesaurus vitae nisi negotia → Des Lebensgutes Schatz erwächst aus Tätigkeit

Menander, Monostichoi, 235

Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)

(see also διορύσσω): dig, undermine, burrow through, dig through

Lexicon Thucydideum

perfodere, to pierce through, perforate, 2.3.3.