to dig

Greek Verb

ὀρύσσω [in LXX chiefly for חָפַר also for כָּרָה, etc;] to dig: with accusative, ληνόν, Mat.21:33; ὁπολήνιον, Mrk.12:1; γῆν, Mat.25:18 (cf. δι, ἐξ-ορύσσω). (AS)

to dig

Greek Verb

ὀρύσσω, [Refs 8th c.BC+], Attic dialect ὀρύττω (late present imperative ὄρυγε [Refs]: future ὀρύξω [Refs 8th c.BC+]aorist ὤρυξα, Epic dialect ὄρυξα as always in [Refs 8th c.BC+]perfect ὀρώρῠχα (κατ-) [Refs 5th c.BC+]: pluperfect ὠρωρύχειν [Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—middle, aorist ὠρυξάμην [Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, future ὀρυχθήσομαι (κατ-) [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ὠρύχθην [Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect ὀρώρυγμαι [Refs]; in compounds, ὤρυγμαι (κατ- [Refs 5th c.BC+]: pluperfect ὀρωρύγμην [Refs 5th c.BC+] —An aorist 2 active ὤρῠγον occurs in [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: passive ὠρύγην [Refs 1st c.AD+], (κατ-) falsa lectio in [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—dig, ὀρύξομεν ἐγγύθι τάφρον [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—middle, δεξαμενὰς ὀρύξασθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, ὀρώρυκται (i.e. ἡ διῶρυξ) [Refs]; τὸ ὀρυχθέν, ={τὸ ὄρυγμα}, the trench, [Refs] II) dig up, [μῶλυ] [Refs 8th c.BC+]middle, λίθους ὠρύξατο had stones dug or quarried, [Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, ὁ ὀρυσσόμενος χοῦς the soil that was dug up,[Refs 5th c.BC+] III) dig through, i. e. make a canal through (like διορύσσειν), τὸν ἰσθμὸν ὀ. Oracle texts cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of moles, burrow, either absolutely, as [Refs 4th c.BC+]; or γῆν ὀ, [Refs] IV) bury, ἔγχος. γαίας ὀρύξας ἔνθα μήτις ὄψεται (where γαίας depends on ἔνθα) [Refs 5th c.BC+] V) of a wrestler, dig into, gouge a tender part, τὠφθαλμώ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; gouge out, ὀφθαλμὸν ὤρυττέν τις ὥσπερ ἰχθύος [Refs 4th c.BC+]

Greek

Verb

to "burrow" in the ground, i.e. dig; dig; apparently a primary verb