κατορύσσω

katorysso

bury, sink in the earth

Appears 7 times across Aristotle's works.

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History of Animals 3
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Book V 2
Chapter 33 557b32–558a24

558a5
558a12
Book VI 1
Chapter 2 559a15–561a3

559b2
De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 3
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Chapter 47 833b18–20

833b19
Chapter 75 835b27–28

835b27
Chapter 141 845a1–9

845a6
Physics 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 1 192b8–193b21

193a13

Dictionary (LSJ)

κατορύσσω, Att. κατορύττω, fut. Pass. -ορυχθήσομαι cj. in Antipho 3.2.10, -ορῠχήσομαι cj. in Ar. Av. 394 (lyr.): pf. Pass. -ορώρυγμαι Antipho 3.3.12, etc., later κατώρυγμαι LW 1075 (Apollonia ad Rhyndacum), Str. 9.3.8, cf. Moer.p.240 P.: aor. 2 inf. Pass. -ορῠγῆναι Arr. Epict. 4.8.36:—A. bury, sink in the earth, Hdt. 2.41, Hp. Fract. 13; ζώοντας ἐπὶ κεφαλὴν κατώρυξε Hdt. 3.35, cf. 7.114; ἐν τῇ κεφαλῇ Ar. Av. 475; πατέρα ζῶντα κ. X. Mem. 1.2.55; κ. κατὰ γῆς Hdt. 8.36; κατὰ τῆς γῆς Ar. Pl. 238; τινὰ εἰς πηλόν (of poets’ descriptions) Pl. R. 363d; [τὰ ᾠὰ] εἰς τὴν κόπρον Arist. HA 559b2:—Pass., ζῶντες κατορωρύγμεθα Antipho 3.3.12, cf. X. An. 5.8.11, Com.Adesp. 1224; τὰ -ορυττόμενα κατὰ γῆς Thphr. HP 5.7.6, cf. Archestr. Fr. 62.21; of metals, lie buried, Pl. Euthd. 288e; of money, to be buried, D. 27.53 (metaph., 29.49); ἐν πορφυρίσι -ορωρυγμένος, of Sardanapallus, Max. Tyr.35.1. 2. metaph., ruin utterly, Pherecr. 145.19. b. suppress, κ. τῷ λόγῳ Lib. Or. 42.14:—Pass., πρᾶγμα καταπεφρονημένον καὶ κατορωρυγμένον ib.62.32.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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