ὀρύσσω,
Od. 10.305, Att. ὀρύκ-ττω (late pres. imper. ὄρυγε IG 12(5).519 (Seriphos)): fut. ὀρύξω Il. 7.341: aor. ὤρυξα, ὄρυξα as always in Hom., Od. 11.25, al.: pf. ὀρώρῠχα (κατ-) Pherecr. 145.19: plpf. ὠρωρύχειν App. BC 4.107: - Med., aor. ὠρυξάμην Hdt. 1.186, A.R. 3.1032, etc.: - Pass., fut. ὀρυχθήσομαι (κατ-) Antipho 3.2.10, also ὀρῠχήσομαι (κατ-) Ar. Av. 394 (Elmsl.) and ὀρωρύξομαι Suid. s.v. ὤρυσσον (prob.): aor. ὠρύχθην Hdt. 1.186, etc.: pf. ὀρώρυγμαι Id. 2.158, etc.; in compds., ὤρυγμαι (κατ- Antipho 3.3.12 codd., ὑποκατ- Sophr. 3, δι- Luc. Tim. 53, etc.): plpf. ὀρωρύγμην Hdt. 1.186, Pl. Criti. 118c, also ὠρωρύγμην (δι-) X. An. 7.8.14. - An aor. 2 Act. ὤρῠγον occurs in Philostr. VA 1.25: Pass. ὠρύγην OGI 72.7,673.6 (Egypt, i A. D.), (δι-) Hld. 9.7, Gp. 4.3.2, (κατ-) f.l. in X. An. 5.8.11: -
I dig, ὀρύξομεν ἐγγύθι τάφρον Il. 7.341; βόθρον ὄρυξα Od. 11.25; ἔλυτρον Hdt. 1.186; ὀρύγματα Id. 4.200; ταῖς ὁπλαῖς εὐνάς Ar. Eq. 605; ὑπόνομον ἐκ τῆς πόλεως Th. 2.76: abs., ὤρυσσον ὑπὸ μαστίγων Hdt. 7.22; ἐὰν ὀρύξῃ τις παρὰ τὴν θάλασσαν Arist. Pr. 933b33: - Med., δεξαμενὰς ὀρύξασθαι Hdt. 3.9: - Pass., ὀρώρυκται (sc. ἡ διῶρυξ) Id. 2.158; τὸ ὀρυχθέν, = τὸ ὄρυγμα, the trench, Id. 1.186.
II dig up, [μῶλυ] Od. 10.305; κυκλάμινον Theoc. 5.123: Med., λίθους ὠρύξατο had stones dug or quarried, Hdt. 1.186: - Pass., ὁ ὀρυσσόμενος χοῦς the soil that was dug up, ib. 185; ὑπὸ μεταλλείας ὀρύττεσθαι Pl. Criti. 114e.
III dig through, i. e. make a canal through (like διορύσσειν), τὸν ἰσθμὸν ὀ. Orac. ap. Hdt. 1.174; τὸ χωρίον ὀρώρυκτο Id. 1.186; of moles, burrow, either abs., as Arist. HA 606a2; or γῆν ὀ., Id. Mir. 842b4. bury, ἔγχος.. γαίας ὀρύξας ἔνθα μήτις ὄψεται (where γαίας depends on ἔνθα) S. Aj. 659, cf. X. Oec. 19.2. of a wrestler, dig into, gouge a tender part, τὠφθαλμώ Ar. Av. 442, cf. Pax 899, Philostr. VA 8.25; gouge out, ὀφθαλμὸν ὤρυττέν τις ὥσπερ ἰχθύος Antiph. 119.
G3736 — ὀρύσσω
: 1 aorist ὤρυξα; from Homer down; the Sept. for חָפַר, כָּרָה, etc.; to dig: to make τί by digging, [Mar 12:1]; τί ἐν τίνι, [Mat 21:33]; equivalent to to make a pit, ἐν τῇ γῆ, [Mat 25:18] (here T Tr WH ὤρυξεν γῆν). (Compare: διορύσσω, ἐξορύσσω.)
ἀρύσσω ,
[in LXX chiefly for H2658 also for H3738, etc.;]
to dig: c . acc , ληνόν , [Mat 21:33]; ὁπολήνιον , [Mar 12:1]; γῆν , [Mat 25:18] ( cf. δι -, ἐξ - ορύσσω ). †