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χοραγός

Second declension Noun; Masculine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: χοραγός χοραγοῦ

Structure: χοραγ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. Chorus leader, who could enter the story as a character able to interact with the characters of a play.
  2. Generally, the leader of a train or band.
  3. In Athens, one who defrays the cost of a performance.
  4. Generally, one who supplies financial backing for any endeavour.

Declension

Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • Φιλόξενόσ τισ Μακεδὼν Καρίασ σατραπεύων δεηθεὶσ χρημάτων Διονύσια ἔφασκε μέλλειν ἄγειν, καὶ χοραγοὺσ προέγραψε τῶν Καρῶν τοὺσ εὐπορωτάτουσ καὶ προσέταττεν αὐτοῖσ ἃ δεῖ παρασκευάζειν. (Aristotle, Economics, Book 2 110:1)

Synonyms

  1. Generally

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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