μεταλλ-εύω,
get by mining, χαλκόν [[ LXX.Deu.8.9; χρυσοῖο γενέθλην 2nd c.AD: Dionysius Periegeta 1114 ] LXX+2nd c.AD+]:—passive, to be got by mining, of metals, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 288d, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 378a27, “Pol.” 1258b32. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2absolutely, mine, οἱ μεταλλεύοντες [[ 3rd-2nd c.BC: Philo Mechanicus “(Belopoeica) Excerpte aus Philons Mechanik - Ath. Berl. Akad.” 99.13, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 5.37, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Cont.” 11 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; Λαμψακηνοῖς μ. work in mines for the L., [[ 2nd c.AD: Polyaenus Historicus 2.1.26 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+] (-ηνοί codices, i. e. condemn to labour in mines): with accusative cognate, πᾶν μεταλλεύων γνύθος [[ 3rd c.BC: Lycophron Tragicus 485. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__3 carry on mining operations, of besiegers, [[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 18.70: also with _accusative_ _cognate_, μ. τὰς ὑπονόμους σήραγγας 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 4.44, compare 2nd c.AD: Polyaenus Historicus 7.11.5. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__4 undermine, τείχη [[ 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 17.10.3. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__5 explore, [[ Anthologia Graeca 6.302 (1st c.AD: Leonidas Alexandrinus Epigrammaticus), 2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Theriaca” 672; μ. τὴν ἔρευναν 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “ad Marcellam - Porphyrii Opuscula” 26. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]