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χῶμα 1 χόω

I.earth thrown up, a bank, mound, thrown up against the walls of cities to take them, Hdt., Thuc.:— a dike to hinder a river from overflowing, Hdt.:— a dam, id=Hdt.:— a mole or pier, carried out into the sea, Lat. moles, id=Hdt., Dem.
II.like Lat. tumulus, a sepulchral mound, Hdt., Trag.

1 χῶμα, ατος, τό,

Liddell and Scott. An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1889.

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