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Webster 1913 Edition


Choragus


Cho-ra′gus

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Noun.
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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)

  1. (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

  1. 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

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