cuniculus

cunīculus ī, m

Spanish, a rabbit, cony , Ct. — A passage underground, mine, excavation : cuniculos agere ad aerarium: cuniculis ad aggerem actis, Cs.: per cuniculum Gallorum ascendit: in arcem agi coeptus, L.—Fig.: ea (res) occulte cuniculis oppugnatur, i. e. by secret devices .