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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From χορός (khorós, “chorus”) + ἄγω (ágō, “to lead”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʰo.rɛː.ɡós/ → /xo.riˈɣos/ → /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
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, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- “χορηγός”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ 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
Noun
χορηγός • (chorigós) m (plural χορηγοί)
- sponsor, backer, benefactor (especially for an artistic event)
Declension
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