χῶμα
εἰργάζοντο λογάδην φέροντες λίθους καὶ ξυνετίθεσαν ὡς ἕκαστόν τι ξυμβαίνοι → they went to work bringing the stones as they picked them out and put them together as each one happened to fit
English (LSJ)
ατος, τό, (χόω, χώννυμι)
A earth thrown up, bank, mound, thrown up against the walls of cities to take them, αἵρεε τὰς πόλιας χώμασι Hdt.1.162; χ. ἔχουν πρὸς τὴν πόλιν The.2.75, cf. LXX.Ez.21.22(27), Hb.1.10, OGI90.24 (Rosetta, ii B. C., pl.). 2 dyke to hinder a river from overflowing, Hdt.1.184: freq. in Pap., PPetr.3pp.125,341 (iii B. C.), etc.; βασιλικὸν χ. Wilcken Chr.11 A8 (ii B. C.); δημόσιον χ. POxy.290.34 (i A. D.). 3 dam, Hdt.7.130. 4 mole or pier, carried out into the sea, jetty, Id.8.97, D.50.6, Arg.Id.51, IG11(2).199A33(Delos, iii B. C.), etc. 5 promontory, spit of sand, A.Supp.870 (lyr.). II sepulchral mound, 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. III mass of soil in which roots are found, cj. in Thphr. HP2.5.2. IV heap of rubbish, ruin, LXX Jo.8.28, Is.25.2, Lib. Or.61.13. V τὸ χ. τῆς γῆς the dust of the earth, LXX Ex.8.16.
