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χοῦς(A),ὁ, alsoἡ
Anaxandr. 41.13 (anap.), Nic. Th. 103 : (χέω):— a measure of capacity,=
12
κοτύλαι: nom. sg.
A.
χοῦς
Anaxandr. 71
, Alex. 15.19 , Men. Her.Fr. 5 , IG 11(2).219
A 40 (Delos,iii B. C.); gen. χοός
Ar. Th. 347
(cod. R and Suid. , fortχοῶς), Tab.Heracl. 2.36 , 57 , IG 22.1013.55 ;χοῦ(in signf. 11 ) ib. 1252.11 , Ath.Mitt. 30.146 (Mysia); dat. χοί̈
Anaxandr. 41.13
, D. Prooem. 53 , PFrankf. 1.19 , al.(iii B. C.)(also Dor.
Tab.Heracl. 1.103 );χῷ(in signf. 11 ) Ath.Mitt. 30.145 ; acc. χοῦν
Dsc. 5.7
, Ael. NA 16.12 , IG 22.1366.23 , PHolm. 16.10 ; writtenχον(in signf. 11 ), SIG 57.21 (Milet.,v B. C.); χόα
Close Browse lexicon entries Choerob. in Theod. 1.238H.
, IG 22.1672.200 , Inscr.Délos 396
(iii B. C.), Gal. 18(2).258 ; contr.
( Posidipp. ); gen. pl. χῶν
(Stiris,ii B. C.); acc. χοῦς
23.63 , Aristid. 1.18J. , Lib. Or. 11.126 , Gp. 8.20.1 , al. (χοαςunaccented, SIG 953.18 (Cnidus,ii B. C.)):—also nom. sg.χοεύς
Hp. Epid. 7.10 , IG 11(2).219
A 8 (Delos,iii B. C.); gen. χοῶς
, S.E. M. 9.320 ; dat.χοέϊor χοεῖ
, Morb. 3.17 cod.θ, PHib. 1.90.11
(iii B. C.), Choerob. in Theod. 1.238H. ; acc. χοᾶ
, Ach. 1202 (lyr.), Men. 915 ( contr. fr.χοέα,as correctly expld. by Hdn.Gr. 2.13 and Choerob. l.c.; found at end of a verse in Ar. Eq. 95 , 113 , Ach. 1133 , Eub. 80.4 , Men. l.c.); χοέα
, Dsc. 5.72 , 73 , Gp. 2.6.42 , Gal. 12.931 : nom. pl. χοεῖς
(Delos,iii B. C.), Inscr.Délos 440
(ii B. C.), Ostr.Bodl. i 343
(ii B. C.); written χοιεῖς
, Th. 746 (cod. R, cf. Suid. ), Arist. HA 627b4 ; later χοέας
( 38 ), Dsc. 5.7 , 63 , 68 , PHolm. 16.11 , 17 ; dat. χοεῦσιν
;χόεσιorχοέσι(perh. formed like δρομέσι ) Wilcken Chr. 176.7
(i A. D.): the unaccented formsχοα,χοας,χοων, PCair.Zen. 516.21 , 16 , 19
(iii B. C.), prob. belong toχοεύς: prov., of attempts to measure the immeasurable, οἱ τῆς θαλάττης λεγόμενοι χόες
; ὡσπερανεί τις ἐξαριθμεῖσθαι βούλοιτο τοὺς χόας τῆς θαλάττης
= συμβολή iv,ἡ πόλις διδοῖ . . χο͂ν(v. supr.) τὸμ παλαιὸν ὁρτῆς ἑκάστης
(Milet.,v B. C.); εἶναι αὐτοῖς ἀτέλειαν τοῦ χοῦ
2. name of a society or club, ἄρξαντα χοῦ
(Mysia);Διὶ̈ Ὑψίστῳ καὶ τῷib. 145 (ibid.).
III. Χόες,οἱ, the Pitcher-feast,a name given to the second day of the Anthesteria, Call. Aet. 1.1.2 ; gen. Χοῶν
, Timae. 128 ; dat. τοῖς Χουσί
, Ath. 7.276c ; acc. τοὺς Χοᾶς
, cf. Phanod. 13 ; τοὺς Χοῦς
References Anaxandr. 71 Alex. 15.19 Men. Her.Fr. 5 IG 11(2).219 A 40 Ar. Th. 347 Suid. Tab.Heracl. 2.36 57 IG 22.1013.55 11 1252.11 Ath.Mitt. 30.146 Anaxandr. 41.13 D. Prooem. 53 PFrankf. 1.19 Tab.Heracl. 1.103 Ath.Mitt. 30.145 Dsc. 5.7 Ael. NA 16.12 IG 22.1366.23 PHolm. 16.10 SIG 57.21 Choerob. in Theod. 1.238H. Pl. Tht. 173e IG 22.1672.200 Inscr.Délos 396 A 67 IG 22.1252.11 Hegesand. 31 145 Call. Aet. 1.1.2 Eubulid. 1 Timae. 128 Ar. Ach. 1211 Ath. 7.276c Ar. Ach. 961 D. 39.16 Phanod. 13 IG 3.1342 Liddell–Scott–Jones — CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0
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