A.get by mining, “χαλκόν” LXX De.8.9; “χρυσοῖο γενέθλην” D.P.1114:—Pass., to be got by mining, of metals, Pl.Plt.288d, Arist.Mete.378a27, Pol.1258b32.
2.abs., mine, “οἱ μεταλλεύοντες” Ph.Bel.99.13, D.S.5.37, Luc. Cont.11; Λαμψακηνοῖς μ. work in mines for the L., Polyaen.2.1.26 (-ηνοί codd., i. e. condemn to labour in mines): c. acc. cogn., “πᾶν μεταλλεύων γνύθος” Lyc.485.
3. carry on mining operations, of besiegers, D.S. 18.70: also c. acc. cogn., “μ. τὰς ὑπονόμους σήραγγας” D.H.4.44, cf. Polyaen.7.11.5.
4. undermine, “τείχη” J.AJ17.10.3.