choreus

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English

Etymology

From Latin choreus, from Ancient Greek χορεῖος (khoreîos), related to χορός (khorós, “choir, chorus”).

Noun

choreus (plural choreuses)

  1. (prosody) A trochee.
  2. (prosody) A tribrach.

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Latin

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek χορεῖος (khoreîos, “of a chorus”), from χορός (khorós).

Pronunciation

Noun

chorēus m (genitive chorēī); second declension

  1. a choreus, trochee
  2. (later) a tribrach

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative chorēus chorēī
genitive chorēī chorēōrum
dative chorēō chorēīs
accusative chorēum chorēōs
ablative chorēō chorēīs
vocative chorēe chorēī

References

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