Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

χοροποιός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: χοροποιός χοροποιόν

Structure: χοροποι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: poie/w

Sense

  1. instituting or arranging a chorus
  2. leading the dance

Examples

  • καὶ ἀναπετάσασ τῆσ Πελοποννήσου τὰσ πύλασ οὕτωσ οἴκαδε ἀπελθὼν εἰσ τὰ Υἁκίνθια ὅπου ἐτάχθη ὑπὸ τοῦ χοροποιοῦ τὸν παιᾶνα τῷ θεῷ συνεπετέλει. (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 2 19:3)

Synonyms

  1. leading the 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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