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κατ-ορύσσω , Att. κάτ-ττω , fut. Pass. -ορυχθήσομαι cj. in Antipho 3.2.10, -ορυ^χήσομαι cj. in Ar.Av.394 (lyr.): pf. Pass. -ορώρυγμαι Antipho 3.3.12, etc., later
A.κατώρυγμαιLW1075 (Apollonia ad Rhyndacum), Str.9.3.8, cf. Moer.p.240 P.: aor. 2 inf. Pass. -“ορυ^γῆναιArr.Epict.4.8.36:—bury, sink in the earth, Hdt.2.41, Hp.Fract.13; “ζώοντας ἐπὶ κεφαλὴν κατώρυξεHdt.3.35, cf. 7.114; “ἐν τῇ κεφαλῇAr. Av.475; “πατέρα ζῶντα κ.X. Mem.1.2.55; “κ. κατὰ γῆςHdt.8.36; “κατὰ τῆς γῆςAr.Pl.238; τινὰ εἰς πηλόν (of poets' descriptions) Pl. R.363d; [“τὰ ᾠὰ] εἰς τὴν κόπρονArist.HA559b2:—Pass., “ζῶντες κατορωρύγμεθαAntipho 3.3.12, cf. X.An.5.8.11, Com.Adesp.1224; “τὰ -ορυττόμενα κατὰ γῆςThphr.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.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (17):
    • Antiphon, Second Tetralogy, 2.10
    • Antiphon, Second Tetralogy, 3.12
    • Aristophanes, Birds, 475
    • Aristophanes, Birds, 394
    • Aristophanes, Plutus, 238
    • Demosthenes, Against Aphobus 1, 53
    • Demosthenes, Against Aphobus, 49
    • Herodotus, Histories, 2.41
    • Herodotus, Histories, 7.114
    • Herodotus, Histories, 3.35
    • Herodotus, Histories, 8.36
    • Plato, Republic, 363d
    • Plato, Euthydemus, 288e
    • Strabo, Geography, 9.3.8
    • Xenophon, Anabasis, 5.8.11
    • Xenophon, Memorabilia, 1.2.55
    • Hippocrates, De fracturis, 13
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