χόανος

A. hollow in which metal was placed for melting, melting-pot, from which it was run into the mould, φῦσαι δ’ ἐν χοάνοισιν . . ἐφύσων Il. 18.470; κασσίτερος . . ἐν εὑτρήτοις χοάνοισιν θαλφθείς Hes. Th. 863, cf. Emp. 96.1, Hp. Cord. 8, A.R. 3.1299.

2. poet. for λίγδος 111, mould for casting metal in, Anacr. 116.

II. = χοάνη 1, funnel, Hp. Cord. 2 (χῶνος, as in PLeid.X. 29B., Hsch.).