(ὁ) v. χόος.

ὁ, also ἡ Anaxandr. 41.13 (anap.), Nic. Th. 103; (< χέω); — a measure of capacity, = 12 κοτύλαι ; nom. sg. χοῦς Anaxandr. 71, Alex. 15.19, Men. Her. Fr. 5, IG 11(2).219 A 40 (Delos, iii BC); gen. χοός Ar. Th. 347 (cod. R and Suid., fort χοῶς), Tab.Heracl. 2.36, 57, IG2². 1013.55; χοῦ (in signf. II) ib. 1252.11, Ath.Mitt. 30.146 (Mysia); dat. χοΐ Anaxandr. 41.13, D. Prooem. 53, PFrankf. 1.19, al. (iii BC) (also Dor. Tab.Heracl. 1.103); χῷ (in signf. II) Ath.Mitt. 30.145; acc. χοῦν Dsc. 5.7, Ael. NA 16.12, IG2². 1366.23, PHolm. 16.10; written χον (in signf. II), SIG 57.21 (Milet., v BC); χόα Choerob. in Theod. 1.238H. ; nom. pl. χόες Pl. Tht. 173e, IG2². 1672.200, Inscr.Délos 396 A 67 (iii BC), Gal. 18(2).258; contr. χοῦς AP 5.182 (Posidipp.); gen. pl. χῶν IG 12(5).593 A 9 (Ceos, v BC), χοῶν SIG 647.27 (Stiris, ii BC); acc. χοῦς Tab.Heracl. 1.103, PMich. Zen. 94.4 (iii BC); χόας Hero Mens. 19, Geom. 23.63, Aristid. 1.18J., Lib. Or. 11.126, Gp. 8.20.1, al. (χοας unaccented, SIG 953.18 (Cnidus, ii BC)); — also nom. sg. χοεύς Hp. Epid. 7.10, IG 11(2).219 A 8 (Delos, iii BC); gen. χοῶς Ar. Pax 537 (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 BC), Choerob. in Theod. 1.238H. ; acc. χοᾶ Ar. Eq. 355, Ach. 1202 (lyr.), Men. 915 (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 IG 11(2).237.3 (Delos, iii BC), Inscr.Délos 440 A 20, 62 (ii BC), Ostr. Bodl. i 343 (ii BC); written χοιεῖς PCair. Zen. 160.3 (iii BC); acc. χοᾶς Ar. Ec. 44, Th. 746 (cod. R, cf. Suid.), Arist. HA 627b4; 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. GC 328a27; χόεσι or χοέσι (perh. formed like δρομέσι) Wilcken Chr. 176.7 (i AD); the unaccented forms χοα, χοας, χοων, PCair. Zen. 516.21, 16, 19 (iii BC), 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. = συμβολή iv, ἡ πόλις διδοῖ… χον (v. supr.) τὸμ παλαιὸν ὁρτῆς ἑκάστης SIG 57.21 (Milet., v BC); εἶναι αὐτοῖς ἀτέλειαν τοῦ χοῦ IG2². 1252.11; Argive acc. sg. χῶν Hegesand. 31. name of a society or club, ἄρξαντα χοῦ Ath.Mitt. 30.146 (Mysia); Διῒ Ὑψίστῳ καὶ τῷ ib. 145 (ibid.). 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 IG 3.1342.

ὁ, also ἡ Str. 10.2.19, 12.8.17, 16.1.9; (< χέω) : — 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 AD) (uncontr. χόου IG 9(1).691.6 (Corcyra)); also (from confusion with χοῦς¹) gen. χοός LXX Ec. 3.20, PTeb. 342.27 (ii AD), PBremen 14.13; dat. χοΐ IG 12(3), 248.10 (Anaphe, ii BC), Hsch. = κονιορτός, dust, LXX 3 Ki. 18.38, al., Ev. Marc. 6.11. χοῦς θανάτου the grave, LXX Ps. 21 (22).16, cf. Hsch., Suid.

ὁ, s. unter χόος.

a coos, a measurement of liquid (Lev.19.36) (MT)

dust