Ἐρεβοδιφοῦντες

[Meaning they] feeling around in darkness.¹ "The Romans finished groping about in the murk on their underground [tunnels]."²
Also [sc. attested is] e)rebodifw=si ["they grope about in Erebos"], [meaning] they search after the things in Erebos, that is, they seek out and closely examine underground things. Aristophanes in Clouds [writes]: "they grope about in Erebos under Tartaros." ³