A.“κατώρυγμαι” LW1075 (Apollonia ad Rhyndacum), Str.9.3.8, cf. Moer.p.240 P.: aor. 2 inf. Pass. -“ορυ^γῆναι” Arr.Epict.4.8.36:—bury, sink in the earth, Hdt.2.41, Hp.Fract.13; “ζώοντας ἐπὶ κεφαλὴν κατώρυξε” Hdt.3.35, cf. 7.114; “ἐν τῇ κεφαλῇ” Ar. Av.475; “πατέρα ζῶντα κ.” X. Mem.1.2.55; “κ. κατὰ γῆς” Hdt.8.36; “κατὰ τῆς γῆς” Ar.Pl.238; τινὰ εἰς πηλόν (of poets' descriptions) Pl. R.363d; [“τὰ ᾠὰ] εἰς τὴν κόπρον” Arist.HA559b2:—Pass., “ζῶντες κατορωρύγμεθα” Antipho 3.3.12, cf. X.An.5.8.11, Com.Adesp.1224; “τὰ -ορυττόμενα κατὰ γῆς” Thphr.HP5.7.6, cf. Archestr.Fr.62.21; of metals, lie buried, Pl.Euthd.288e; of money, to be buried, D.27.53 (metaph., 29.49); ἐν πορφυρίσι -ορωρυγμένος, of Sardanapallus, Max. Tyr.35.1.
2. metaph., ruin utterly, Pherecr.145.19.
b. suppress, “κ. τῷ λόγῳ” Lib. Or.42.14:—Pass., πρᾶγμα καταπεφρονημένον καὶ κατορωρυγμένον ib.62.32.