ἐξορύσσω,
Attic dialect ἐξορύττω, dig out the earth from a trench, τὸν ἀεὶ ἐξορυσσόμενον χοῦν [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.23; τόποι ἐξορυσσόμενοι 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Mirabilia” 833b4:] Refs 5th c.BC+] — middle, ἐξορύξασθαι χάρακας make oneself a vallum, [[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 9.55. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__II dig out of the ground, dig up, τοὺς νεκρούς [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.64, compare “BGU” 1024iv4 (4th-5th c.AD)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄγλιθας [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 763 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; [μορίαν] [[ 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 7.26 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, τοῦ χοὸς τοῦ -ομένου [[ “PHal.” 1.109 (3rd c.BC)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; φυτά [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 19.4. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 gouge out, ἐ. αὐτῶν τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.116, cf. LXX.Judg.16.21, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Artoxerxes” 14. ] LXX+5th c.BC+]
__II.3 metaphorically, τὸν ἐξορύσσοντα λόγον τὰ κεκρυμμένα τῶν πραγμάτων [[ 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.72. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]