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χόω

χόω, to throw or heap up earth, bury

χόω, 3sg. χοῖ (προσ-) Th. 2.102, 3pl. χοῦσι Hdt. 4.71; inf. χοῦν Id. 2.137; part. χῶν Id. 1.162: impf. ἔχουν Th. 2.75, etc.: later χώννυμι, χωννύω (qq. v.): fut. χώσω S. Ant. 81, etc.: aor. ἔχωσα Hdt. 2.140, PTeb. 799.16 (ii B. C.), etc. (Cret.3pl. ἔχουσαν GDI 5056.6 (Istron)): pf. κέχωκα (ἀνα-) D. 55.28:—Med., aor. ἐχωσάμην Luc. DDeor. 16[14].2, Philostr. VA 4.10:—Pass., fut. χωσθήσομαι E. IA 1442, (ἐγ-) Plb. 4.40.4: aor. ἐχώσθην (v. infr.); also ἐχώθην (συν-) IG 4.823.30 (Troezen, iv B. C.): pf. κέχωσμαι Pl.Com. 183, Th. 2.102, (ἐκ-, συγ-) Hdt. 2.138, 8.144:—
  • throw or heap up, of earth, χοῦσι χῶμα μέγα Id. 4.71; χώματα χοῦν Id. 2.137, Pl. Lg. 958e; χώματα χῶν πρὸς τὰ τείχεα throwing up banks against . ., Hdt. 1.162; χῶμα ἔχουν πρὸς τὴν πόλιν Th. 2.75; νῆσον χώσας σποδῷ having formed an island with heaped up ashes, Hdt. 2.140; esp. of a sepulchral mound, χῶσαι τάφον Id. 9.85, S. Ant. 81; τύμβον ib. 1204, E. IT 702, IA 1442 (Pass.); μνῆμα X. Cyr. 7.3.11; πολυάνδρια (cf. -άνδριος II.2), Plu. Eum. 9.
      • 2 block up by throwing earth in, λιμένας D. 25.84, cf. Aeschin. 3.109 (s. v.l.); χ. φορμοῖς τὰς τάφρους Plb. 1.19.13:—Pass., to be filled with earth, esp. of bays in the sea, to be silted up, πορθμοῦ χωσθέντος Emp. 100.17; τί μιν (sc. τὸν κόλπον) κωλύει . . χωσθῆναι; Hdt. 2.11; but of cities, to be raised on mounds, ib. 137.
      • 3 less freq., cover with earth, bury, χῶσαί τινα τάφῳ E. Or. 1585, cf. Pl. Lg. 947e, IG 5(1).1249.17 (Laconia), cf. χώννυμι fin.
      • 4 [ὁ τρωγλοδύτης] ταριχεύεται καλῶς . . χωσθεὶς εἰς ἅλας covered over with salt, Aët. 11.11.

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