χοῦς

χοῦς (A), ὁ, also ἡ Anaxandr. 41.13 (anap.), Nic. Th. 103: (χέω):— A. a measure of capacity, = 12 κοτύλαι: nom. sg. χοῦς Anaxandr. 71, Alex. 15.19, Men. Her.Fr. 5, IGΙΙ(2).219A 40 (Delos, iii B. C.); gen. χοός Ar. Th. 347 (cod. R and Suid., fort χοῶς), Tab.Heracl. 2.36, 57, IG 22.1013.55; χοῦ (in signf. 11) ib.1252.11, Ath.Mitt. 30.146 (Mysia); dat. χοΐ 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; written χον (in signf. II), SIG 57.21 (Milet., v B. C.); χόα Choerob. in Theod. 1.238H.; nom. pl. χόες Pl. Tht. 173e, IG 22.1672.200, Inscr.Délos 396 A 67 (iii B. C.), Gal. 18(2).258; contr. χοῦς AP 5.182 (Posidipp.); gen. pl. χῶν IG 12(5).593 A 9 (Ceos, v B. C.), χοῶν SIG 647.27 (Stiris, ii B. C.); acc. χοῦς Tab.Heracl. 1.103, PMich.Zen. 94.4 (iii B. C.); χόας Hero *Mens. 19, *Geom.23.63, Aristid. 1.18J., Lib. Or. 11.126, Gp. 8.20.1, al. (χοας unaccented, SIG 953.18 (Cnidus, ii B. C.)):—also nom. sg. χοεύς Hp. Epid. 7.10, IGΙΙ(2).219 A 8 (Delos, iii B. C.); gen. χοῶς Ar. Pax 537 (χοός ap. Suid.); χοέως Gal. 12.932, S.E. M. 9.320; dat. χοέϊ or χοεῖ Hp. Salubr. 5, Morb. 3.17 cod. θ, PHib. 1.90.11 (iii B. C.), Choerob. in Theod. 1.238H.; acc. χοᾶ Ar. Eq. 355, 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 Hp. Morb. 3.17, Dsc. 5.72, 73, Gp. 2.6.42, Gal. 12.931: nom. pl. χοεῖς IGΙΙ(2).237.3 (Delos, iii B. C.), Inscr.Délos 440 A 20, 62 (ii B. C.), Ostr.Bodl.i 343 (ii B. C.); written χοιεῖς PCair.Zen. 160.3 (iii B. C.); acc. χοᾶς Ar. Ec. 44, Th. 746 (cod. R, cf. Suid.), Arist. HA 627b4; later χοέας Ph. Bel. 90.26; χοεῖς LXX 3 Ki. 7.24 (38), Dsc. 5.7, 63, 68, PHolm. 16.11, 17; dat. χοεῦσιν Arist. GC 328a27; χόεσι or χοέσι (perh. formed like δρομέσι) Wilcken Chr. 176.7 (i A. D.): the unaccented forms χοα, χοας, χοων, PCair.Zen. 516.21, 16, 19 (iii B. C.), prob. belong to χοεύς: prov., of attempts to measure the immeasurable, οἱ τῆς θαλάττης λεγόμενοι χόες Pl. Tht. 173d; ὡσπερανεί τις ἐξαριθμεῖσθαι βούλοιτο τοὺς χόας τῆς θαλάττης Aristid. l.c. II. = συμβολή IV, ἡ πόλις διδοῖ . . χο̄ν (v. supr.) τὸμ παλαιὸν ὁρτῆς ἑκάστης SIG 57.21 (Milet., v B. C.); εἶναι αὐτοῖς ἀτέλειαν τοῦ χοῦ IG 22.1252.11; Argive acc. sg. χῶν Hegesand. 31. 2. name of a society or club, ἄρξαντα χοῦ Ath.Mitt. 30.146 (Mysia); Διῒ Ὑψίστῳ καὶ τῷ ib.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 Eubulid. 1, Timae. 128; dat. τοῖς Χουσί Ar. Ach. 1211, Ath. 7.276c; acc. τοὺς Χοᾶς Ar. Ach. 961; τοὺς Χοᾶς ἄγειν D. 39.16, cf. Phanod. 13; τοὺς Χοῦς IG 3.1342.