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

  • Λαβοῦσα δὲ Μαριάμ, ἡ προφῆτισ, ἡ ἀδελφὴ Ἀαρών, τὸ τύμπανον ἐν τῇ χειρὶ αὐτῆσ, καὶ ἐξήλθοσαν πᾶσαι αἱ γυναῖκεσ ὀπίσω αὐτῆσ μετὰ τυμπάνων καὶ χορῶν, (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 15:20)
  • καὶ ἐδέξαντο αὐτὸν αὐτοὶ καὶ πᾶσα ἡ περίχωροσ αὐτῶν μετὰ στεφάνων καὶ χορῶν καὶ τυμπάνων. (Septuagint, Liber Iudith 3:7)
  • καὶ χορῶν στεφα[νοφόρων ἄνακτα. (Bacchylides, , dithyrambs, ode 19 3:18)
  • φροῦδαί σοι θυσίαι χορῶν τ’ εὔφημοι κέλαδοι κατ’ ὄρ‐ φναν τε παννυχίδεσ θεῶν, χρυσέων τε ξοάνων τύποι Φρυγῶν τε ζάθεοι σελᾶ‐ ναι συνδώδεκα πλήθει. (Euripides, The Trojan Women, choral, antistrophe 11)
  • ἐγὼ δὲ βάκχαισ, ἐσ Κιθαιρῶνοσ πτυχὰσ ἐλθὼν ἵν’ εἰσί, συμμετασχήσω χορῶν. (Euripides, episode 6:2)

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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