χόω χέω to throw or heap up, of earth, χοῦσι χῶμα μέγα Hdt.; χώματα χῶν πρὸς τὰ τείχεα throwing up banks against . . , Hdt.; χῶμα ἔχουν πρὸς τὴν πόλιν Thuc.; νῆσον χώσας σποδῶι having formed an island with heaped up ashes, Hdt. to block up by throwing earth in, χ. τοὺς λιμένας Dem., Aeschin.: —Pass. of bays in the sea, to be silted up, Hdt.; of cities, to be raised on mounds, Hdt. to cover with earth, to bury, χῶσαί τινα τάφωι Eur.:—Pass. to be covered with a heap of earth, i. e. to have a sepulchral mound raised over one, Anth.