A.searching for metals and the like , mining, Pl.Criti.114e, Lg.842d (pl.), Str.3.2.9, al.: in pl., concrete, mines, Id.3.2.3.
2. mining operations in a siege, D.S.16.74.
3. underground channel, Pl.Lg.761c.
4. metaph., “μεγαλόδωρος ἡ μ. τοῦ ἀληθοῦς” Max.Tyr.17.2.