choragus
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin chorāgus, from Ancient Greek χορᾱγός (khorāgós), Doric form of χορηγός (khorēgós), from χορός (khorós, “chorus”) + ἄγω (ágō, “to 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.
Derived terms
References
- “choragus”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek χορᾱγός (khorāgós), Doric form of χορηγός (khorēgós), from χορός (khorós, “chorus”) + ἄγω (ágō, “to lead”).
Noun
chorāgus m (genitive chorāgī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| 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.