χῶμα,ατος,τό, (χόω, χώννυμι)
A. earth thrown up, bank, mound,thrown up against the walls of cities to take them, αἵρεε τὰς πόλιας χώμασι
Hdt. 1.162
;χ. ἔχουν πρὸς τὴν πόλινThe. 2.75 , cf. LX X. Ez. 21.22(27) , Hb. 1.10 , OGI 90.24 (Rosetta,ii B. C., pl.).
2. dyketo hinder a river from overflowing, Hdt. 1.184 : freq. in Pap., PPetr. 3pp.125,341
(iii B. C.), etc.;βασιλικὸν χ.Wilcken Chr. 11
A 8
(ii B. C.); δημόσιον χ.
POxy. 290.34
(i A. D.).
3. dam,
Hdt. 7.130 .
4. moleorpier,carried out into the sea,jetty,
Id. 8.97 , D. 50.6 , Arg. Id. 51 , IG 11(2).199
A 33 (Delos,iii B. C.), etc.