Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

καλλίχορος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: καλλίχορος καλλίχορον

Structure: καλλιχορ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: I, epic for kalli/xwros, II from xo/ros

Sense

  1. with beautiful places
  2. of or for beautiful dances, the fount of goodly dances
  3. beautiful in the dance

Examples

  • οὐκ ἐπὶ καλλιχόροισ στεφάνοισι νεάνιδοσ ὡρ́ασ βόστρυχον ἀμπετάσασ λωτοῦ κατὰ πνεύματα μέλπῃ μοῦσαν, ἐν ᾇ χάριτεσ χοροποιοί, ἀλλὰ σὺν ὁπλοφόροισ στρατὸν Ἀργείων ἐπιπνεύσασ αἵματι Θήβασ κῶμον ἀναυλότατον προχορεύεισ. (Euripides, Phoenissae, choral, strophe 12)

Synonyms

  1. with beautiful places

  2. beautiful in the dance

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

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