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ὄρυγμα, a trench, ditch, moat

ὄρυγμα, ατος, τό, (ὀρύσσω)
  • excavation, trench, ditch, moat, Hdt. 1.179, 7.23, Th. 1.106, OGI 483.148 (Pergam., ii A. D.), etc.; tunnel, mine, Hdt. 3.60; ὀρύσσειν ὀ. ὑπόγαια Id. 4.200; mine, in sieges, X. HG 3.1.7, Plb. 5.100.2, etc.; also in metal-working, Id. 34.10.11; at Athens, = βάραθρον, pit into which condemned criminals were thrown, ὁ ἐπὶ τῷ ὀ. the executioner, Din. 1.62, cf. Lycurg. 121, Poll. 8.71.
    • II = ὄρυξις, Luc. VH 2.1. (Written ὄρυμα Annuario 10/12.20 (Crete, iii/ ii B. C.).)

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