heap up into a mound, ἀνα-χώννῡμι, A. heap up into a mound, κόνιν AP 7.537 ( Phan. ):—in Pass. , v.l. Th. 2.102 (forἂν κεχῶσθαι); ἀ. ὁδόν raisea roadby throwing down rubbish, D. 55.28 , cf. PPetr
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heap up into a mound, ἀνα-χώννῡμι, A. heap up into a mound, κόνιν AP 7.537 ( Phan. ):—in Pass. , v.l. Th. 2.102 (forἂν κεχῶσθαι); ἀ. ὁδόν raisea roadby throwing down rubbish, D. 55.28 , cf. PPetr
overwhelm ἐγκατα-χώννῡμι, A. overwhelm, τινὰ τῷ πλήθει τῶν βελῶν D.H. 9.21 ;bury, τὸ δεύτερον τοῦ κλήματος μέρος Gp. 4.3.3 :— Pass. , μνήμη -χώννυται τῷ αἰῶνι M.Ant. 7.10 .
throw up beside παρα-χώννῡμι, A. throw up beside, χῶμα παρέχωσε παρ' ἑκάτερον τοῦ ποταμοῦ τὸ χεῖλος Hdt. 1.185 ;bank up,Ἀρχ. Ἐφ. 1923.39 (Oropus,iv B.C.).
heap on, pile on προσεπι-χώννῡμι, A. heap on, pile on, Plu. 2.1058a .
bury with, συγκατα-χώννῡμι, A. bury with, Gp. 1.6.3 , in Pass.
we were covered with a heap of earth, χώννῡμι, later form ofχόω, Arr. An. 2.18.3 , etc.; alsoχωννύω Plb. 1.47.3 :impf. A. ἐχώννυον D.S. 14.49 , etc.;3 pl. ἐχώννυσαν D.C. 66.4 :— Pass. ,inf.
χοεύω , = χώννυμι , IG 4.823.36 ( Troezen ). χοεύω, A. = χώννυμι , IG 4.823.36 (Troezen).
semirutus, ἡμί-χωστος,ον, (χώννυμι)=Lat. A. semirutus, Gloss.
heaped up into a cairn τυμβό-χωστος,ον, (χώννυμι) A. heaped up into a cairnorbarrow, high-heaped, ἕρμα τάφου S. Ant. 848 (lyr.).
earth thrown up, bank, mound, 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
filling up the ditch of a town, χωστρίς,ίδος,ἡ , ̔χώννυμἰ χελώνη χ.a shed to protect besiegersin A. filling up the ditch of a town, Plb. 9.41.1 , D.H. 9.68 (pl.), Onos. 42.3 , Ath.Mech. 18.8 , al.;