χορηγός
Ancient Greek
FWOTD – 9 July 2017
Alternative forms
- χορᾱγός (khorāgós)
Etymology
From χορός (khorós, “chorus”) + ἄγω (ágō, “to lead”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kʰo.rɛː.ɡós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kʰo.re̝ˈɡos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /xo.riˈɣos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /xo.riˈɣos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /xo.riˈɣos/
Noun
χορηγός • (khorēgós) m (genitive χορηγοῦ); second declension
- a chorus leader, who could enter the story as a character able to interact with the characters of a play
- generally, the leader of a train or band
- in Athens, one who defrays the cost of a performance
- generally, one who supplies financial backing for any endeavour
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ χορηγός ho khorēgós |
τὼ χορηγώ tṑ khorēgṓ |
οἱ χορηγοί hoi khorēgoí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ χορηγοῦ toû khorēgoû |
τοῖν χορηγοῖν toîn khorēgoîn |
τῶν χορηγῶν tôn khorēgôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ χορηγῷ tōî khorēgōî |
τοῖν χορηγοῖν toîn khorēgoîn |
τοῖς χορηγοῖς toîs khorēgoîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν χορηγόν tòn khorēgón |
τὼ χορηγώ tṑ khorēgṓ |
τοὺς χορηγούς toùs khorēgoús | ||||||||||
| Vocative | χορηγέ khorēgé |
χορηγώ khorēgṓ |
χορηγοί khorēgoí | ||||||||||
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Descendants
Further reading
- “χορηγός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “χορηγός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- χορηγός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- χορηγός, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek χορηγός (khorēgós, “chorus leader”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xo.ɾiˈɣos/
Noun
χορηγός • (chorigós) m (plural χορηγοί)
- sponsor, backer, benefactor (especially for an artistic event)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | χορηγός (chorigós) | χορηγοί (chorigoí) |
| genitive | χορηγού (chorigoú) | χορηγών (chorigón) |
| accusative | χορηγό (chorigó) | χορηγούς (chorigoús) |
| vocative | χορηγέ (chorigé) | χορηγοί (chorigoí) |
Further reading
- χορηγός on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
- χορηγός, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language