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Choragus
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Cho-ra′gus
,Noun.
pl.
Choragi
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. [L., fr. Gr. [GREEK], [GREEK]; [GREEK] chorus + [GREEK] to lead.]
(Gr. Antiq.)
A chorus leader; esp. one who provided at his own expense and under his own supervision one of the choruses for the musical contents at Athens.
Definition 2024
choragus
choragus
English
Noun
choragus (plural choragi)
- (historical, Ancient Greece) A chorus leader, especially one who provided at his own expense and under his own supervision one of the choruses for the musical contests at Athens.
Latin
Etymology
Ancient Greek χορός (khorós, “chorus”) + ἄγω (ágō, “I lead”)
Noun
chorāgus m (genitive chorāgī); second declension
- The person in charge of a chorus
Inflection
Second declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | chorāgus | chorāgī |
genitive | chorāgī | chorāgōrum |
dative | chorāgō | chorāgīs |
accusative | chorāgum | chorāgōs |
ablative | chorāgō | chorāgīs |
vocative | chorāge | chorāgī |
References
- choragus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- CHORAGUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “choragus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.