ὀρύσσω
I. "to dig" a trench, etc., Hom., Hdt., attic; τὸ ὀρυχθέν ῀ ὄρυγμα, α "trench", Hdt.
II. "to dig up" a plant, Od.: —Mid., λίθους ὀρύξασθαι "to have" stones "dug or quarried", Hdt.:—Pass., ὁ ὀρυσσόμενος χοῦς the soil "that was dug up", id=Od.
III. "to dig through", i. e. "make a canal through", (like διορύσσειν), τὸν ἰσθμὸν ὀρ. Orac. ap. Hdt.; τὸ χωρίον ὀρώρυκτο id=Hdt.
IV. "to bury", ἔγχος ὀρύξας Soph.
V. πὺξ ὀρ., of a pugilist, to give "a dig or heavy blow", Ar.