choragium

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χορήγιον (khorḗgion), from χορηγός (khorēgós, “chorus leader”).

Pronunciation

Noun

chorāgium m (genitive chorāgiī or chorāgī); second declension

  1. the preparing and bringing out of a chorus
  2. stage apparatus, scenery and costumes
  3. (by extension) pomp

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative chorāgium chorāgia
genitive chorāgiī
chorāgī1 		chorāgiōrum
dative chorāgiō chorāgiīs
accusative chorāgium chorāgia
ablative chorāgiō chorāgiīs
vocative chorāgium chorāgia

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

  • “choragium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “choragium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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