χοῦς(B),ὁ, alsoἡ
Str. 10.2.19 , 12.8.17 , 16.1.9 : (χέω):—
A. soil excavatedorheaped up,
ὁ χ. ὁ ἐξορυχθείς
Hdt. 2.150
; τὸν αἰεὶ ἐξορυσσόμενον χοῦν
Id. 7.23
, cf. 1.185 , 8.28 , Pherecr. 121 (anap.), Th. 2.76 , 4.90 , IG 22.380.26 , etc.: gen. χοῦ
Arr. An. 2.27.4
, POxy. 1631.28
(iii A. D.)(un contr.
χόου
IG 9(1).691.6
(Corcyra)); also (from confusion withχοῦςA) gen.χοόςLX X. Ec. 3.20 , PTeb. 342.27
(ii A. D.), PBremen 14.13 ; dat. χοί̈
IG 12(3)