χῶμα, ατος, τό,
(χόω, χώννυμι) earth thrown up, bank, mound, thrown up against the walls of cities to take them, αἵρεε τὰς πόλιας χώμασι [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.162; χ. ἔχουν πρὸς τὴν πόλιν The. 2.75, cf. LX 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus LXX.Eze.21.22(27), LXX.Hab.1.10, “OGI” 90.24 (Rosetta, 2nd c.BC, _plural_). ] LXX+5th c.BC+]
__2 dyke to hinder a river from overflowing, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.184: frequently in Papyrus, “PPetr.” 3pp.125,341 (3rd c.BC), etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; βασιλικὸν χ. Wilcken [[ “Chr.” 11 A 8 (2nd c.BC)] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; δημόσιον χ. [[ “POxy.” 290.34 (1st c.AD). ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__3 dam, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.130. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__4 mole or pier, carried out into the sea, jetty, [[ [prev. author] 8.97, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 50.6, argument [prev. author] 51, “IG” 11(2).199 A 33(Delos, 3rd c.BC), etc. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__5 promontory, spit of sand, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 870 (Lyric poetry). ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II sepulchral mound, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.93, 9.85, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 723 (_anapaest meter_), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1216, etc.; τάφων χώματα γαίας 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 53 (Lyric poetry); χῶμα μὴ χοῦν ὑψηλότερον πέντε ἀνδρῶν ἔργον 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 958e. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]