φρεορυκτέω

ον, Subst.
A. for digging wells, σκεύη Plu. 2.159c: Subst., ὁ φ. well-sinker, Them. Or. 11.152c.—The forms φρεορυκτέω, φρεωρυχ‐ορύκτης, only in Suid.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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