κατασκάπτω,
perfect -έσκᾰφα [[Isocrates Orator [{5-6th c.BC}] 14.35 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]:—dig down, [[ ἐπὶ θάτερα τῆς ἀμπέλου Theophrastus Philosophus [{4-3rd c.BC}] “Historia Plantarum” 4.13.5 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; but usually,
__II destroy utterly, raze to the ground, [[ τὸ ἄστυ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.156; Τροίαν κ. βίᾳ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 998, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Ag.” 525; πάτραν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1421; δόμους 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 566; πόλιν “SIG” 344.7 ] Refs 5th c.BC+] (Teos, [[4th c.BC), compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.71; το τέγος Aristophanes Comicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Nubes” 1488; τὰ τείχη ἐς ἔδαφος 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.109, compare 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 12.40, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator [same place], 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ath.” 37.1; τὸν λιμένα 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.123; τὰ θυσιαστήρια Vetus Testamentum Graece redditum LXX.1Ki.19.10; τὴν οἰκίαν εἰς ἔδαφος Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus [{1-2nd c.AD}] “Publicola” 10 ] LXX+6th c.BC+], etc.:—passive, [[ ϝοικία κατασκαπτέσθω “Berl.Sitzb.” 1927.8 ] Refs] (Locrian dialect, [[5th c.BC); τὰ οἱκία οἱ κατεσκάφη 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.72; πατρῴα ἑστία κατεσκάφη 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 22; τὰ κατεσκαμμένα ἀναστήσω Vetus Testamentum Graece redditum “Amos” 9.11 ] Refs 5th c.BC+].