διορ-ύσσω,
Attic dialect διορύττω, dig through, διὰ τάφρον ὀρύξας having dug a trench across or along, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.120 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; τοῖχον δ., ={τοιχωρυχέω}, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.37, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 565, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.3, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 54.37; δεσμωτήριον [prev. author] 25.56; οἰκίαν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 4.30, “PPetr.” 3p.60: with _accusative_ loci, τὸν Ἄθω 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 2.29, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 699a, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 6.30 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: —passive, [[ NT.Matt.24.43. ] NT]
__2 metaphorically, undermine, ruin, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 45.30; φιλίαν 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 1.123; δημοκρατίαν [prev. author] “Decl.” 1.41 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]:—passive, διορωρυγμένα δωροδοκίαις [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Phocion” 12, compare 4th c.AD: Himerius Sophista “Eclogae” 5.6 ] Refs 1st c.AD+] (but to be entrenched in our several cities, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 9.28). ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II worm out, ἀπόρρητα [[ 3rd c.BC: Bato Comicus 6; τὰ βουλευόμενα 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.87c. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__III passive, to be shut up in a funeral vault, [[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 4.43. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]