χόω

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3sg. χοῖ (προσ-) Th.2.102, 3pl.

   A 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 GDI5056.6 (Istron)): pf. κέχωκα (ἀνα-) D.55.28:—Med., aor. ἐχωσάμην Luc.DDeor. 14.2, Philostr.VA4.10:—Pass., fut. χωσθήσομαι E.IA1442, (ἐγ-) Plb.4.40.4: aor. ἐχώσθην (v. infr.); also ἐχώθην (συν-) IG4.823.30 (Troezen, iv B. C.): pf. κέχωσμαι Pl.Com.183, Th.2.102, (ἐκ-, συγ-) Hdt.2.138, 8.144:—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.IT702, IA1442 (Pass.); μνῆμα X.Cyr.7.3.11; πολυάνδρια (cf. -άνδριος 11.2), 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, IG5(1).1249.17 (Laconia), cf. χώννυμι fin.    4 [ὁ τρωγλοδύτης] ταριχεύεται καλῶς . . χωσθεὶς εἰς ἅλας covered over with salt, Aët.11.11.