χοῦς

χοῦς (A), ὁ, also ἡ Anaxandr.41.13 (anap.), Nic.Th.103: ([etym.] χέω):— a measure of capacity, = 12 κοτύλαι: nom. sg.

A

χοῦς Anaxandr.71

, Alex.15.19, Men.Her.Fr.5, IG11(2).219A40 (Delos, iii B. C.); gen.

χοός Ar.Th.347

(cod. R and Suid., fort χοῶς), Tab.Heracl.2.36, 57, IG22.1013.55; χοῦ (in signf. 11) ib.1252.11, Ath.Mitt.30.146 ([place name] Mysia); dat.

χοΐ Anaxandr.41.13

, D.Prooem.53, PFrankf.1.19, al. (iii B. C.) (also [dialect] Dor. Tab.Heracl.1.103); χῷ (in signf. 11) Ath.Mitt.30.145; acc.

χοῦν Dsc.5.7

, Ael.NA16.12, IG22.1366.23, PHolm.16.10; written χον (in signf.11), SIG57.21 (Milet., v B. C.);

χόα Choerob. in Theod.1.238H.

; nom. pl.

χόες Pl.Tht.173e

, IG22.1672.200, Inscr.Délos 396 A 67 (iii B. C.), Gal.18(2).258; [var] contr.

χοῦς AP5.182

(Posidipp.); gen. pl.

χῶν IG12(5).593

A9 (Ceos, v B. C.),

χοῶν SIG647.27

(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, SIG953.18 (Cnidus, ii B. C.)):—also nom. sg. [full] χοεύς Hp.Epid.7.10, IG11(2).219 A 8 (Delos, iii B. C.); gen.

χοῶς Ar.Pax537

(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 ([var] 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 IG11(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. HA627b4; 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. GC328a27

; 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 SIG57.21

(Milet., v B. C.);

εἶναι αὐτοῖς ἀτέλειαν τοῦ χοῦ IG22.1252.11

; Argive acc. sg.

χῶν Hegesand.31

.

2 name of a society or club,

ἄρξαντα χοῦ Ath.Mitt.30.146

([place name] 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 IG3.1342

.

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χοῦς (B), ὁ, also ἡ Str.10.2.19, 12.8.17, 16.1.9: ([etym.] χέω):—

A soil excavated or heaped up,

ὁ χ. ὁ ἐξορυχθείς Hdt.2.150

;

τὸν αἰεὶ ἐξορυσσόμενον χοῦν Id.7.23

, cf. 1.185, 8.28, Pherecr.121 (anap.), Th. 2.76, 4.90, IG22.380.26, etc.: gen.

χοῦ Arr.An.2.27.4

, POxy.1631.28 (iii A. D.) (un[var] contr.

χόου IG9(1).691.6

([place name] Corcyra)); also (from confusion with χοῦς A) gen. χοός LXX.Ec.3.20, PTeb.342.27 (ii A. D.), PBremen14.13; dat.

χοΐ IG12(3)

, 248.10 (Anaphe, ii B. C.), Hsch.

2 = κονιορτός, dust, LXX 3 Ki.18.38, al., Ev.Marc.6.11.

3

χοῦς θανάτου

the grave,

LXX Ps.21(22).16

, cf. Hsch., Suid.