χορός
Second declension Noun; Masculine
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
χορός
χοροῦ
Structure:
χορ
(Stem)
+
ος
(Ending)
Sense
- dance ring, round dance
- dance accompanied by song, choral dance
- chorus, choir, band of singers and dancers
- band, troop, group
- row
- 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.
- 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
-
dance ring
- ὅρμος (a dance performed in a ring)
-
dance accompanied by song
-
band
- ἴλη (a crowd, band, troop)
-
row
-
place for dancing