βοθρεύω

A. dig a trench or pit, Gp. 9.6.2:—also βοθρ‐έω, Nonn. D. 47.69, and βοθρ‐ίζω, Heliod. ap. Orib. 46.22.16.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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