1. χοῦς · chous — Chantraine
χοῦς, voir s.u. χέω. χόω, voir 5.0. χώννυμι. — [Chantraine, s.v. χοῦς, p. 1291]
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χοῦς
chous1
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Where it lives
- Sophonias 1 · 8.45/10k
- Ecclesiastes 3 · 6.63/10k
- Michaeas 1 · 4.39/10k
- Lamentationes 1 · 4.29/10k
- Regnorum IV 6 · 3.47/10k
- Amos 1 · 3.25/10k
- Psalmi 9 · 2.63/10k
- Leviticus 4 · 2.14/10k
- Oeconomica II 1 · 2.13/10k
- Zacharias 1 · 2.07/10k
- Economics 1 · 1.61/10k
- Isaias 3 · 1.14/10k
Densest 12 of 29 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
What it meant
2. χοῦς · chous — LSJ
a measure of capacity, = 12 κοτύλαι: nom. sg. χοῦς Anaxandr. 71, Alex. 15.19, Men. Her.Fr. 5, IG ΙΙ(2).219A 40 (Delos, iii B. C.); gen. χοός Ar. Th. 347 (cod. R and Suid., fort χοῶς), Tab.Heracl. 2.36, 57, IG 2(2).1013.55; χοῦ (in signf. II) ib. 1252.11, Ath.Mitt. 30.146 (Mysia); dat. χοΐ Anaxandr. 41.13, D. Prooem. 53, PFrankf. 1.19, al. (iii B. C.) (also Dor. Tab.Heracl. 1.103); χῷ (in signf. II) Ath.Mitt. 30.145; acc. χοῦν Dsc. 5.7, Ael. NA 16.12, IG 2(2).1366.23, PHolm. 16.10; written χον (i
II
= συμβολή IV, ἡ πόλις διδοῖ . . χο̄ν (v. supr.) τὸμ παλαιὸν ὁρτῆς ἑκάστης SIG 57.21 (Milet., v B. C.); εἶναι αὐτοῖς ἀτέλειαν τοῦ χοῦ IG 2(2).1252.11; Argive acc. sg. χῶν Hegesand. 31.
2
name of a society or club, ἄρξαντα χοῦ Ath.Mitt. 30.146 (Mysia); Διῒ Ὑψίστῳ καὶ τῷ χῷ ib. 145 (ibid.).
III the Pitcher-feast
Χόες, οἱ, the Pitcher-feast, a name given to the second day of the Anthesteria, Call. Aet. 1.1.2 [Fr. 178.2 Pf.]; gen. Χοῶν Eubulid. 1, Timae. 128; dat. τοῖς Χουσί Ar. Ach. 1211, Ath. 7.276c; acc. τοὺς Χοᾶς Ar. Ach. 961; τοὺς Χοᾶς ἄγειν D. 39.16, cf. Phanod. 13; τοὺς Χοῦς IG 3.1342.
In the wild
- χοᾶ · choa Aristotle, Economics 1347a (DIORISIS sentence 164)
- χοᾶ · choa Aristotle, Oeconomica II (DIORISIS sentence 51)
- Χουσὶ · Chousi Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 4.2 (DIORISIS sentence 3137)
- χοῦν · choun Herodotus, Histories 1.185.4 (DIORISIS sentence 1305)
- χοῦν · choun Herodotus, Histories 2.137.3 (DIORISIS sentence 2533)
- χοῦς · chous Herodotus, Histories 2.150.2 (DIORISIS sentence 2642)
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Where it came from
- Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. χοῦς (scan p. 1696; entry #6599).
- Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. χοῦς (scan p. 1291; entry #8790).
- Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. χοῦς (scan p. 2086; entry #6133).
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