chorei
Dictionary entries
- Entry →choreus, chorei:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Poetry
choree/trochee, metrical foot consisting of a long and a short syllable (_U);
gen. sg.loc. sg.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
Liber IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...dichoreus si unus est, qui constat e duobus choreis, itemque paean, qui est ex choreo et pyrrhichio (quem..."Aeneid X
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...steterant ad litora prorae. agnoscunt longe regem lustrantque choreis; quarum quae fandi doctissima Cymodocea pone sequens dextra puppim..."Aeneid IX
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...fulgenti murice vestis, desidiae cordi, iuvat indulgere choreis, et tunicae manicas et habent redimicula mitrae. o vere Phrygiae..."Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...silvae cingunt super impendentes, Minosim linquens doris celebranda choreis, non vacuos: namque ille tulit radicitus altas fagos..."