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.
- ἃ δὲ Ὅμηροσ ὑπὲρ Ἀριάδνησ ἐν τῇ ἀσπίδι πεποίηκεν καὶ τοῦ χοροῦ ὃν αὐτῇ Δαίδαλοσ ἤσκησεν ὡσ ἀνεγνωκότι σοι παρίημι, καὶ τοὺσ ὀρχηστὰσ δὲ τοὺσ δύο οὓσ ἐκεῖ ὁ ποιητὴσ κυβιστητῆρασ καλεῖ, ἡγουμένουσ τοῦ χοροῦ, καὶ πάλιν ἃ ἐν τῇ αὐτῇ ἀσπίδι λέγει· (Lucian, De saltatione, (no name) 13:1)
- διαλιπὼν δὲ ὀλίγον χρόνον καὶ συναγαγὼν αὐτοὺσ οὔτε αὐλητὴν ἄνευ χοροῦ οὔτε ἡγεμόνασ ἄνευ ἰδιωτῶν οὐδὲν ἔφη χρησίμουσ εἶναι· (Aristotle, Economics, Book 2 135:10)
- μουσικόσ τε γάρ εἰμι καὶ συρίζω πάνυ καπυρόν, καὶ ὁ Διόνυσοσ οὐδὲν ἐμοῦ ἄνευ ποιεῖν δύναται, ἀλλὰ ἑταῖρον καὶ θιασώτην πεποίηταί με, καὶ ἡγοῦμαι αὐτῷ τοῦ χοροῦ· (Lucian, Dialogi deorum, 6:2)
- ἐπισκοπεῖν δὲ πανταχῇ κυκλοῦσαν ὄμμα χρὴ χοροῦ κατάστασιν. (Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, Lyric-Scene, anapests5)
Synonyms
-
dance ring
- ὅρμος (a dance performed in a ring)
-
dance accompanied by song
-
band
- ἴλη (a crowd, band, troop)
-
row
-
place for dancing