χῶμα
χῶμα,
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. LX
X. Ez. 21.22(27),
Hb. 1.10 ,
OGI 90.24 (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 A 8 (ii B. C.);
δημόσιον χ. POxy. 290.34 (i A. D.).
4). mole or
pier, carried out into the sea,
jetty, Id. 8.97 ,
D. 50.6 , Arg.
Id. 51 ,
IG 11(2).199 A 33 (Delos, iii B. C.), etc.
ShortDef
earth thrown up, a bank, mound
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Headword (normalized):
χῶμα
Headword (normalized/stripped):
χωμα
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-115154
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">χῶμα</span>, <span class="itype greek">ατος</span>, <span class="gen greek">τό</span>,(<span class="etym greek">χόω, χώννυμι</span>) <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">earth thrown up, bank, mound,</span> thrown up against the walls of cities to take them, <span class="quote greek">αἵρεε τὰς πόλιας χώμασι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:162" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.162/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.162 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">χ. ἔχουν πρὸς τὴν πόλιν</span> The.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:75" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.75/canonical-url/"> 2.75 </a>, cf. LX<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ez.</span> 21.22(27)</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hb.</span> 1.10 </span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OGI</span> 90.24 </span> (Rosetta, ii B. C., pl.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">dyke</span> to hinder a river from overflowing, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:184" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.184/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.184 </a>: freq. in Pap., <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PPetr.</span> 3pp.125,341 </span> (iii B. C.), etc.; <span class="foreign greek">βασιλικὸν χ.</span> Wilcken <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Chr.</span> 11 </span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">A</span> 8 </span> (ii B. C.); <span class="quote greek">δημόσιον χ.</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">POxy.</span> 290.34 </span> (i A. D.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">dam,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:130" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.130/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 7.130 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">mole</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">pier,</span> carried out into the sea, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">jetty,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:97" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8.97/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 8.97 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg050.perseus-grc1:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg050.perseus-grc1:6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 50.6 </a>, Arg.<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 51 </span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 11(2).199 </span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">A</span> 33 </span>(Delos, iii B. C.), etc. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>5).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">promontory, spit of sand,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg001.perseus-grc1:870" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg001.perseus-grc1:870/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Supp.</span> 870 </a> (lyr.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">sepulchral mound,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:93" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.93/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.93 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:85" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9.85/canonical-url/"> 9.85 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:723" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:723/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ch.</span> 723 </a>(anap.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1216" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1216/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ant.</span> 1216 </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">τάφων χώματα γαίας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg008.perseus-grc1:53" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg008.perseus-grc1:53/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Supp.</span> 53 </a> (lyr.); <span class="quote greek">χῶμα μὴ χοῦν ὑψηλότερον πέντε ἀνδρῶν ἔργον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:958e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:958e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 958e </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">mass of soil</span> in which roots are found, cj. in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg001:2:5:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg001:2:5:2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thphr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HP</span> 2.5.2 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>IV).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">heap of rubbish, ruin,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg006:8:28" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg006:8.28/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">LXX</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Jo.</span> 8.28 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg048:25:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg048:25.2/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Is.</span> 25.2 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2200.tlg004:61:13" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2200.tlg004:61.13/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lib.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Or.</span> 61.13 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>V).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">τὸ χ. τῆς γῆς</span> the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">dust</span> of the earth, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg002:8:16" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg002:8.16/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">LXX</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ex.</span> 8.16 </a>.</div> </div><br><br>'}