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χόω

choo

throw

Appears 11 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

χόω, 3sg. χοῖ (προσ-) Th. 2.102, 3pl. χοῦσι Hdt. 4.71; inf. χοῦν Id. 2.137; part. χῶν Id. 1.162: impf. ἔχουν Th. 2.75, etc.: later χώννυμι, χωννύω (qq. v.): fut. χώσω S. Ant. 81, etc.: aor. ἔχωσα Hdt. 2.140, PTeb. 799.16 (ii B. C.), etc. (Cret.3pl. ἔχουσαν GDI 5056.6 (Istron)): pf. κέχωκα (ἀνα-) D. 55.28:—Med., aor. ἐχωσάμην Luc. DDeor. 14.2, Philostr. VA 4.10:—Pass., fut. χωσθήσομαι E. IA 1442, (ἐγ-) Plb. 4.40.4: aor. ἐχώσθην (v. infr.); also ἐχώθην (συν-) IG 4.823.30 (Troezen, iv B. C.): pf. κέχωσμαι Pl.Com. 183, Th. 2.102, (ἐκ-, συγ-) Hdt. 2.138, 8.144:—A. throw or heap up, of earth, χοῦσι χῶμα μέγα Id. 4.71; χώματα χοῦν Id. 2.137, Pl. Lg. 958e; χώματα χῶν πρὸς τὰ τείχεα throwing up banks against . . , Hdt. 1.162; χῶμα ἔχουν πρὸς τὴν πόλιν Th. 2.75; νῆσον χώσας σποδῷ having formed an island with heaped up ashes, Hdt. 2.140; esp. of a sepulchral mound, χῶσαι τάφον Id. 9.85, S. Ant. 81; τύμβον ib. 1204, E. IT 702, IA 1442 (Pass.); μνῆμα X. Cyr. 7.3.11; πολυάνδρια (cf. -άνδριος II.2), Plu. Eum. 9. 2. block up by throwing earth in, λιμένας D. 25.84, cf. Aeschin. 3.109 (s. v.l.); χ. φορμοῖς τὰς τάφρους Plb. 1.19.13:—Pass., to be filled with earth, esp. of bays in the sea, to be silted up, πορθμοῦ χωσθέντος Emp. 100.17; τί μιν (sc. τὸν κόλπον) κωλύει . . χωσθῆναι; Hdt. 2.11; but of cities, to be raised on mounds, ib.137. 3. less freq., cover with earth, bury, χῶσαί τινα τάφῳ E. Or. 1585, cf. Pl. Lg. 947e, IG 5(1).1249.17 (Laconia), cf. χώννυμι fin. 4. [ὁ τρωγλοδύτης] ταριχεύεται καλῶς . . χωσθεὶς εἰς ἅλας covered over with salt, Aët. 11.11.
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