χοῦς

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, IG 22.380.26, etc.: gen. χοῦ Arr. An. 2.27.4, POxy. 1631.28 (iii A. D.) (uncontr. χόου IG 9(1).691.6 (Corcyra)); also (from confusion with χοῦς A) gen. χοός LXX. Ec. 3.20, PTeb. 342.27 (ii A. D.), PBremen 14.13; dat. χοΐ IG 12(3), 248.10 (Anaphe, ii B. C.), Hsch.

2. = κονιορτός, dust, LXX 3 Ki. 18.38, al., Ev.Marc. 6.11.

3. χοῦς θανάτου the grave, LXX Ps. 21(22).16, cf. Hsch., Suid.