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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 συνέδραμε πᾶσα γυνὴ Ἰσραὴλ τοῦ ἰδεῖν αὐτὴν καὶ εὐλόγησαν αὐτὴν καὶ ἐποίησαν αὐτῇ χορὸν ἐξ αὐτῶν, καὶ ἔλαβε θύρσουσ ἐν ταῖσ χερσὶν αὐτῆσ καὶ ἔδωκε ταῖσ γυναιξὶ ταῖσ μετ̓ αὐτῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber Iudith 15:12)
  • οἵ τε Ἰουδαῖοι, καθὼσ προειρήκαμεν, συστησάμενοι τὸν προειρημένον χορόν, μετ̓ εὐωχίασ ἐν ἐξομολογήσεσιν ἱλαραῖσ καὶ ψαλμοῖσ διῆγον, (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees III 6:35)
  • ἱερὸν γὰρ εὐσεβείασ στήσαντεσ χορὸν παρεθάρσυνον ἀλλήλουσ λέγοντεσ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 13:8)
  • οἱ δὲ Ἁβραμιαῖοι παῖδεσ σὺν τῇ ἀθλοφόρῳ μητρὶ εἰσ πατέρων χορὸν συναγελάζονται ψυχὰσ ἁγνὰσ καὶ ἀθανάτουσ ἀπειληφότεσ παρὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ, (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 18:23)
  • γυναικεῖοσ τὴν φύσιν, ἡμιμανήσ, ἀκράτου ἑώθεν ἀποπνέων ὁ δὲ καὶ ὅλην φατρίαν ἐσεποίησεν ἡμῖν καὶ τὸν χορὸν ἐπαγόμενοσ πάρεστι καὶ θεοὺσ ἀπέφηνε τὸν Πᾶνα καὶ τὸν Σιληνὸν καὶ Σατύρουσ, ἀγροίκουσ τινὰσ καὶ αἰπόλουσ τοὺσ πολλούσ, σκιρτητικοὺσ ἀνθρώπουσ καὶ τὰσ μορφὰσ ἀλλοκότουσ· (Lucian, Deorum concilium, (no name) 4:4)

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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