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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

  • 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 ἡνίκα ἤγγιζε τῇ παρεμβολῇ, ὁρᾷ τὸν μόσχον καὶ τοὺσ χορούσ, καὶ ὀργισθεὶσ θυμῷ Μωυσῆσ ἔρριψεν ἀπὸ τῶν χειρῶν αὐτοῦ τὰσ δύο πλάκασ, καὶ συνέτριψεν αὐτὰσ ὑπὸ τὸ ὄροσ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 32:19)
  • Καὶ ἦλθεν Ἰεφθάε εἰσ Μασσηφὰ εἰσ τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ, καὶἰδοὺ ἡ θυγάτηρ αὐτοῦ ἐξεπορεύετο εἰσ ὑπάντησιν ἐν τυμπάνοισ καὶ χοροῖσ. καὶ αὕτη ἦν μονογενήσ, οὐκ ἦν αὐτῷ ἕτεροσ υἱὸσ ἢ θυγάτηρ. (Septuagint, Liber Iudicum 11:34)
  • καὶ ὄψεσθε καὶ ἰδού, ἐὰν ἐξέλθωσιν αἱ θυγατέρεσ τῶν οἰκούντων Σηλὼ χορεύειν ἐν τοῖσ χοροῖσ, καὶ ἐξελεύσεσθε ἐκ τῶν ἀμπελώνων καὶ ἁρπάσατε ἑαυτοῖσ ἀνὴρ γυναῖκα, ἀπὸ τῶν θυγατέρων Σηλὼμ καὶ πορεύεσθε εἰσ γῆν Βενιαμίν. (Septuagint, Liber Iudicum 21:21)
  • καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα εἰσελεύσῃ εἰσ τὸν βουνὸν τοῦ Θεοῦ, οὗ ἐστιν ἐκεῖ τὸ ἀνάστημα τῶν ἀλλοφύλων, ἐκεῖ Νασὶβ ὁ ἀλλόφυλοσ. καὶ ἔσται ὡσ ἂν εἰσέλθητε ἐκεῖ εἰσ τὴν πόλιν, καὶ ἀπαντήσεισ χορῷ προφητῶν καταβαινόντων ἐκ τῆσ Βαμᾶ, καὶ ἔμπροσθεν αὐτῶν νάβλα καὶ τύμπανον καὶ αὐλὸσ καὶ κινύρα, καὶ αὐτοὶ προφητεύοντεσ. (Septuagint, Liber I Samuelis 10:5)
  • 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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