Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

φιλόχορος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: φιλόχορος φιλόχορον

Structure: φιλοχορ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. loving the choir or choral dance

Examples

  • ὥστ’ ἢ ταῦτα ἠκύρωται τὰ ἐλεγεῖα, ἢ Φιλοχόρῳ ἀπιστητέον τῷ φήσαντι Ἀθηναῖόν τε καὶ Ἀφιδναῖον, καὶ Καλλισθένει καὶ ἄλλοισ πλείοσι τοῖσ εἰποῦσιν ἐξ Ἀθηνῶν ἀφικέσθαι δεηθέντων Λακεδαιμονίων κατὰ χρησμόν, ὃσ ἐπέταττε παρ’ Ἀθηναίων λαβεῖν ἡγεμόνα. (Strabo, Geography, Book 8, chapter 4 20:7)

Synonyms

  1. loving the choir or choral dance

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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