χῶμα
Κινδυνεύουσι γὰρ ὅσοι τυγχάνουσιν ὀρθῶς ἁπτόμενοι φιλοσοφίας λεληθέναι τοὺς ἄλλους ὅτι οὐδὲν ἄλλο αὐτοὶ ἐπιτηδεύουσιν ἢ ἀποθνῄσκειν τε καὶ τεθνάναι → Actually, the rest of us probably haven't realized that those who manage to pursue philosophy as it should be pursued are practicing nothing else but dying and being dead (Socrates via Plato, Phaedo 64a.5)
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.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1386] τό, aufgeschüttete, aufgeworfene Erde, Schutt, Damm, Wall, Her. 1, 184; bes. Grabhügel, 1, 93. 9, 85; τάφων χώματα γαίας Eur. Suppl. 54; Aesch. Ch. 712 Suppl. 849; Soph. Ant. 1201; Eur. Hec. 221 Alc. 999 u. öfter; Plat. Legg. XII, 947 e; Thuc. 2, 75; auch die ausgegrabene Erde, die, nachdem sie an der Luft locker u. fruchtbar geworden ist, wieder in die Gruben geworfen wird, um darin Bäume zu pflanzen; Theophr. u. Geopon.
