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χορός

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: χορός χοροῦ

Structure: χορ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. dance ring, round dance
  2. dance accompanied by song, choral dance
  3. chorus, choir, band of singers and dancers
  4. band, troop, group
  5. row
  6. place for dancing

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

  • καὶ ἦσαν μετ̓ αὐτοῦ αἴροντεσ τὴν κιβωτὸν ἑπτὰ χοροὶ καὶ θῦμα μόσχοσ καὶ ἄρνεσ. (Septuagint, Liber II Samuelis 6:13)
  • ΕΠΙΣΤΡΕΦΕ, ἐπίστρεφε, ἡ Σουλαμῖτισ. ἐπίστρεφε, ἐπίστρεφε, καὶ ὀψόμεθα ἐν σοί, τί ὄψεσθε ἐν τῇ Σουλαμίτιδι̣ ἡ ἐρχομένη ὡσ χοροὶ τῶν παρεμβολῶν. (Septuagint, Canticum Canticorum 7:1)
  • τῇσιν δὲ χοροὶ παίζοντεσ ἕποντο. (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 25:20)
  • πᾶσαν δὲ πόλιν θαλίαι τε χοροί τε ἀγλαί̈αι τ’ εἶχον. (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 26:3)
  • οὔτ’ ἐ]ν βαρυπενθέσιν ἁρμό‐ ζει μ]άχαισ φόρμιγγοσ ὀμφὰ καὶ λι]γυκλαγγεῖσ χοροί, οὔτ’ ἐ]ν θαλίαισ καναχὰ χαλκ]όκτυποσ· (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 14 2:2)

Synonyms

  1. dance ring

  2. dance accompanied by song

  3. band

  4. row

  5. place for dancing

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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