ὄρυγμα,ατος,τό
A.
, ̔ὀρύσσὠ excavation, trench, ditch, moat,
Hdt. 1.179
, 7.23 , Th. 1.106 , OGI 483.148 (Pergam.,ii A. D.), etc.;tunnel, mine,
Hdt. 3.60 ; ὀρύσσειν ὀ. ὑπόγαια
Id. 4.200
;mine,in sieges, X. HG 3.1.7 , Plb. 5.100.2 , etc.; also in metal-working, Id. 34.10.11 ; at Athens, = βάραθρον ,pitinto which condemned criminals were thrown,ὁ ἐπὶ τῷ ὀ.the executioner, Din. 1.62 , cf. Lycurg. 121 , Poll. 8.71 .
II.
= ὄρυξις , Luc. VH 2.1 . (Writtenὄρυμα
Annuario 10 / 12.20 (Crete, iii/ii B. C.).)