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|Definition=-ατος, τό, ([[χόω]], [[χώννυμι]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[earth thrown up]], [[bank]], [[mound]], thrown up against the walls of cities to take them, αἵρεε τὰς πόλιας χώμασι [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.162; <b class="b3">χ. ἔχουν πρὸς τὴν πόλιν</b> The.2.75, cf. LXX.''Ez.''21.22(27), ''Hb.''1.10, ''OGI''90.24 (Rosetta, ii B. C., pl.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[dyke]] to hinder a river from overflowing, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.184: freq. in Pap., ''PPetr.''3pp.125,341 (iii B. C.), etc.; <b class="b3">βασιλικὸν χ.</b> Wilcken ''Chr.''11 ''A''8 (ii B. C.); δημόσιον χ. ''[[Oxyrhynchus Papyri|POxy.]]''290.34 (i A. D.).<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[dam]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]7.130.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[mole]] or [[pier]], carried out into the sea, [[jetty]], Id.8.97, D.50.6, Arg.Id.51, ''IG''11(2).199''A''33(Delos, iii B. C.), etc.<br><span class="bld">5</span> [[promontory]], [[spit of sand]], A.''Supp.''870 (lyr.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[sepulchral mound]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.93, 9.85, A.''Ch.''723(anap.), S.''Ant.''1216, etc.; τάφων χώματα γαίας E.''Supp.'' 53 (lyr.); χῶμα μὴ χοῦν ὑψηλότερον πέντε ἀνδρῶν ἔργον Pl.''Lg.'' 958e.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[mass of soil]] in which roots are found, cj. in [[Theophrastus]] ''HP''2.5.2.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> [[heap of rubbish]], [[ruin]], [[LXX]] ''Jo.''8.28, ''Is.''25.2, Lib. ''Or.''61.13.<br><span class="bld">V</span> <b class="b3">τὸ χ. τῆς γῆς</b> the [[dust]] of the earth, [[LXX]] ''Ex.''8.16.