χοή
χοή,
ἡ,(
χέω)
A). pouring out of liquid,
drink-offering, esp. made to the dead or over their graves (opp.
λοιβή, σπονδή made to the gods),
χοὴν χεῖσθαι νεκύεσσιν (where it is mixed with milk), of honey, wine, and water, poured out in succession,
Od. 10.518 , cf.
11.26 ,
Arist. Mu. 400b22 : freq. in Trag., always in pl. (as also
Hdt. 7.43 ),
χέουσα κηδείους χοάς A. Ch. 87 ;
χοὰς φέρειν τινί Id. Pers. 609 ,
Ch. 15 , etc.;
χ. γῇ τε καὶ φθιτοῖς χέασθαι Id. Pers. 219 (troch.), cf.
S. OC 477 ;
κεχυμένων χοᾶν A. Ch. 156 (lyr.);
σπεῖσαι, κατασπείσειν, ἐπισπένδειν, E. Or. 1322 ,
1187 ,
A. Ch. 149 ;
πέμπειν Id. Pers. 624 (anap.);
δοῦναι S. Ant. 902 , etc.;
πατρὶ τυμβεῦσαι χ. Id. El. 406 ;
αἴρειν, στάξαι, E. Hec. 529 ,
Heracl. 1040 ;
χοαῖσι στέφειν τὸν νέκυν S. Ant. 431 ;
ἱλάσκεσθαι γῆν X. Cyr. 3.3.22 .
II). generally,
stream, Ἀχέροντος ἄρσενας χοάς Id. Fr. 523 .—Mostly poet.
ShortDef
a drink-offering
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Headword (normalized):
χοή
Headword (normalized/stripped):
χοη
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">χοή</span>, <span class="gen greek">ἡ</span>,(<span class="etym greek">χέω</span>) <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">pouring out</span> of liquid, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">drink-offering,</span> esp. made to the dead or over their graves (opp. <span class="foreign greek">λοιβή, σπονδή</span> made to the gods), <span class="foreign greek">χοὴν χεῖσθαι νεκύεσσιν</span> (where it is mixed with milk), of honey, wine, and water, poured out in succession, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:10:518" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:10.518/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 10.518 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:11:26" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:11.26/canonical-url/"> 11.26 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg028:400b:22" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg028:400b.22/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mu.</span> 400b22 </a>: freq. in Trag., always in pl. (as also <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:43" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.43/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 7.43 </a>), <span class="quote greek">χέουσα κηδείους χοάς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:87" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:87/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ch.</span> 87 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">χοὰς φέρειν τινί</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:609" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:609/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pers.</span> 609 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:15" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:15/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ch.</span> 15 </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">χ. γῇ τε καὶ φθιτοῖς χέασθαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:219" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:219/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pers.</span> 219 </a> (troch.), cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:477" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:477/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OC</span> 477 </a>; <span class="quote greek">κεχυμένων χοᾶν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:156" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:156/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ch.</span> 156 </a> (lyr.); <span class="foreign greek">σπεῖσαι, κατασπείσειν, ἐπισπένδειν,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg016.perseus-grc1:1322" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg016.perseus-grc1:1322/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Or.</span> 1322 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg016.perseus-grc1:1187" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg016.perseus-grc1:1187/canonical-url/"> 1187 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:149" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:149/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ch.</span> 149 </a>; <span class="quote greek">πέμπειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:624" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:624/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pers.</span> 624 </a> (anap.); <span class="quote greek">δοῦναι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:902" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:902/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ant.</span> 902 </a> , etc.; <span class="quote greek">πατρὶ τυμβεῦσαι χ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:406" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:406/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">El.</span> 406 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">αἴρειν, στάξαι,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg007.perseus-grc1:529" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg007.perseus-grc1:529/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hec.</span> 529 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1040" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1040/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Heracl.</span> 1040 </a>; <span class="quote greek">χοαῖσι στέφειν τὸν νέκυν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:431" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:431/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ant.</span> 431 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἱλάσκεσθαι γῆν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:3:3:22" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:3:3:22/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyr.</span> 3.3.22 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> rarely of <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">libations</span> in general, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:469" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:469/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OC</span> 469 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1599" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1599/canonical-url/"> 1599 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> generally, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">stream,</span> <span class="quote greek">Ἀχέροντος ἄρσενας χοάς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:523" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:523/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 523 </a> .—Mostly poet.</div> </div><br><br>'}