Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

  • 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

  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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