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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 ἔρχεται ἐκεῖθεν εἰσ τὸν βουνόν, καὶ ἰδοὺ χορὸσ προφητῶν ἐξεναντίασ αὐτοῦ. καὶ ἥλατο ἐπ̓ αὐτὸν πνεῦμα Θεοῦ, καὶ προεφήτευσεν ἐν μέσῳ αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Liber I Samuelis 10:10)
  • κατέλυσε χαρὰ καρδίασ ἡμῶν, ἐστράφη εἰσ πένθοσ ὁ χορὸσ ἡμῶν, (Septuagint, Lamentationes 5:15)
  • ἐν δ’ ἦν ἀθανάτων ἱερὸσ χορόσ· (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 21:1)
  • ὁ χορὸσ ὅσιοσ. (Euripides, The Trojan Women, episode, lyric15)
  • χορὸσ δὲ καλλίμορφοσ εἱστήκει τέκνων πατήρ τε Μεγάρα τ’· (Euripides, Heracles, episode, lyric 1:2)

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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