A.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 A. D.) (uncontr. “χόου” IG9(1).691.6 (Corcyra)); also (from confusion with χοῦς A) gen. χοός LXX.Ec.3.20, PTeb.342.27 (ii A. D.), PBremen14.13; dat. “χοΐ” IG12(3), 248.10 (Anaphe, ii B. C.), Hsch.
χοῦς (B), ὁ, also ἡ Str.10.2.19, 12.8.17, 16.1.9: (χέω):—