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διῶρυξ

dioryx

trench, conduit, canal

Appears 4 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

διῶρυξ, ῠχος (sts. in Pap., BGU 543.7 (i B. C.), etc.; later Gr. more freq. ῠγος PPetr. 3p.60 (iii B. C.), Tab.Heracl. 1.59, PTeb. 72.72 (ii B. C.), J. Vit. 31, etc.), ἡ (ὁ, PRyl. 154.18):—A. 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.).
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