χοῦς
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- χοός (khoós), χοεύς (khoeús)
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew-. Doublet of χέω (khéō, “to pour”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kʰûːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kʰus/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /xus/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /xus/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /xus/
Noun
χοῦς • (khoûs) m (genitive χοός); third declension
- measure of capacity correspondent to 12 cotylae
- soil excavated or heaped up
- dust, cloud of dust
- Synonyms: κονιορτός (koniortós), κονίσαλος (konísalos)
Declension
Third declension of ὁ χοῦς; τοῦ χοός (contracted)
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ χοῦς ho khoûs |
τὼ χόε tṑ khóe |
οἱ χόες / χοῦς hoi khóes / khoûs | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ χοός / χοῦ / χοῦς toû khoós / khoû / khoûs |
τοῖν χοοῖν toîn khooîn |
τῶν χοῶν / χῶν tôn khoôn / khôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ χοῐ̈́ tōî khoĭ̈́ |
τοῖν χοοῖν toîn khooîn |
τοῖς χουσῐ́ / χουσῐ́ν toîs khousĭ́(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν χοῦν / χόᾰ tòn khoûn / khóă |
τὼ χόε tṑ khóe |
τοὺς χοῦς / χόᾰς toùs khoûs / khóăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | χοῦ khoû |
χόε khóe |
χόες / χοῦς khóes / khoûs | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- χοαῖος (khoaîos)
- χοϊκός (khoïkós)
- χοΐσκος (khoḯskos)
Descendants
- → English: chous
Further reading
- “χοῦς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “χοῦς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- χοῦς in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN