choragus
English
Etymology
From Latin choragus, from Ancient Greek χορός (khorós, “chorus”) + ἄγω (ágō, “I lead”).
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.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for choragus in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Latin
Etymology
Ancient Greek χορός (khorós, “chorus”) + ἄγω (ágō, “I lead”)
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | chorāgus | chorāgī |
| Genitive | chorāgī | chorāgōrum |
| Dative | chorāgō | chorāgīs |
| Accusative | chorāgum | chorāgōs |
| Ablative | chorāgō | chorāgīs |
| Vocative | chorāge | chorāgī |
Related terms
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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- choragus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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