χορεία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

    From χορός (khorós, “dance, choir”) +‎ -είᾱ (-eíā).

    Pronunciation

     

    Noun

    χορείᾱ • (khoreíā) f (genitive χορείᾱς); first declension

    1. dance, especially choral dance with music
    2. any circling motion, as of stars
    3. dance-tune

    Declension

    First declension of ἡ χορείᾱ; τῆς χορείᾱς (Attic)
    Case / # Singular Dual Plural
    Nominative ἡ χορείᾱ
    hē khoreíā     		τὼ χορείᾱ
    tṑ khoreíā     		αἱ χορεῖαι
    hai khoreîai
    Genitive τῆς χορείᾱς
    tês khoreíās     		τοῖν χορείαιν
    toîn khoreíain     		τῶν χορειῶν
    tôn khoreiôn
    Dative τῇ χορείᾳ
    tēî khoreíāi     		τοῖν χορείαιν
    toîn khoreíain     		ταῖς χορείαις
    taîs khoreíais
    Accusative τὴν χορείᾱν
    tḕn khoreíān     		τὼ χορείᾱ
    tṑ khoreíā     		τᾱ̀ς χορείᾱς
    tā̀s khoreíās
    Vocative χορείᾱ
    khoreíā     		χορείᾱ
    khoreíā     		χορεῖαι
    khoreîai
    Notes:
    • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

    Descendants

    • → English: chorea
    • → Latin: chorea

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