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τοιχωρῠχ-έω

toichorucheo

dig through a wall like a thief, to be a housebreaker

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Where it lives

Against Lacritus 1 · 2.8/10k
Plutus 1 · 1.24/10k
Symposium 1 · 1.05/10k
Gorgias 1 · 0.38/10k
Memorabilia 1 · 0.28/10k
Nicomachean Ethics 1 · 0.18/10k
Republic 1 · 0.11/10k

What it meant

τοιχωρῠχ-έω · toichōrych-eō — LSJ

dig through a wall like a thief, to be a housebreaker

dig through a wall like a thief, to be a housebreaker, Ar. Pl. 165, Pl. R. 575b. X. Mem. 1.2.62: c. acc., τοῖχον Arist. EN 1138a25.

2 thievish tricks they played

metaph., οἷα ἐτοιχωρύχησαν περὶ τὸ δάνειον what thievish tricks they played with their loan, D. 35.9; τοὺς λόγους τινός Philostr. VS 2.1.6; πάντα Ph. 2.527.

In the wild

τοιχωρυχεῖ · toichōrychei Aristophanes, Plutus 165 (DIORISIS sentence 143)
τοιχωρυχεῖ · toichōrychei Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1138a (DIORISIS sentence 1929)
ἐτοιχωρύχησαν · etoichōrychēsan Demosthenes, Against Lacritus 9 (DIORISIS sentence 16)
τοιχωρυχεῖν · toichōrychein Plato, Gorgias 508
τοιχωρυχοῦσι · toichōrychousi Plato, Republic 9.575 (DIORISIS sentence 5382)
τοιχωρυχῶν · toichōrychōn Xenophon, Memorabilia 1.2.62 (DIORISIS sentence 227)

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