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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 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)
  • αἰνεσάτωσαν τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ ἐν χορῷ, ἐν τυμπάνῳ καὶ ψαλτηρίῳ ψαλάτωσαν αὐτῷ, (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 149:3)
  • αἰνεῖτε αὐτὸν ἐν τυμπάνῳ καὶ χορῷ, αἰνεῖτε αὐτὸν ἐν χορδαῖσ καὶ ὀργάνῳ. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 150:4)
  • οὓσ ἰδὼν ὁ τύραννοσ καθάπερ ἐν χορῷ περιέχοντασ μέσην τὴν μητέρα, ἥσθη ἐπ’ αὐτοῖσ καὶ τῆσ εὐπρεπείασ ἐκπλαγεὶσ καὶ τῆσ εὐγενείασ, προσεμειδίασεν αὐτοῖσ καὶ πλησίον καλέσασ ἔφη. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 8:4)
  • ἐῶ γὰρ λέγειν ὅτι καὶ δύο γυναῖκασ ἀνήγαγεν, τὴν μὲν ἐρωμένην οὖσαν αὐτοῦ, τὴν Ἀριάδνην, ἧσ καὶ τὸν στέφανον ἐγκατέλεξε τῷ τῶν ἄστρων χορῷ, τὴν δὲ Ἰκαρίου τοῦ γεωργοῦ θυγατέρα. (Lucian, Deorum concilium, (no name) 5:2)

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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