διῶρυξ · diōryx — LSJ
trench, conduit, canal, passage, fossa
trench, conduit, canal, Hdt. 1.75, Hp. Aër. 15, Th. 1.109, etc.; κρυπτὴ δ. an underground passage, Hdt. 3.146; = fossa, Plu. Fab. 1 (pl.).
The corpus record
διῶρυξ
diorux · ἡ
trench, conduit, canal
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Where it lives
- Critias 5 · 10.12/10k
- Histories 33 · 1.8/10k
- De aere aquis et locis 1 · 1.35/10k
- Isaias 3 · 1.14/10k
- On Hunting 1 · 1.1/10k
- Siracides 2 · 1.08/10k
- Exodus 2 · 0.84/10k
- Anabasis 4 · 0.71/10k
- Jeremias 1 · 0.36/10k
- History 2 · 0.13/10k
What it meant
In the wild
- διώρυχας · diōrychas Herodotus, Histories 1.185.2 (DIORISIS sentence 1300)
- διώρυχας · diōrychas Herodotus, Histories 1.189.3 (DIORISIS sentence 1333)
- διώρυχάς · diōrychas Herodotus, Histories 1.190.1 (DIORISIS sentence 1335)
- διώρυχι · diōrychi Herodotus, Histories 1.191.3 (DIORISIS sentence 1344)
- διώρυχας · diōrychas Herodotus, Histories 1.193.2 (DIORISIS sentence 1362)
- διωρύχων · diōrychōn Herodotus, Histories 1.193.2 (DIORISIS sentence 1363)
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Where it came from
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