φρεωρυχέω

A. dig wells, Str. 16.4.14, Plu. 2.776e:—ludicrously, of a gnat, μ’ ἐφρεωρύχει was sinking wells in me, Ar. Lys. 1033 (troch.).
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
An open-access project