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choreis

Dictionary entries

  • chorea, choreae:

    Feminine · Noun · 1st declension

    Frequency:
    Common
    Dictionary:
    Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
    Field:
    Arts

    = round/ring dance; dancers; planet movement; magistrate court; multitude; choir;

    Entry →
    abl. pl.
    dat. pl.
    loc. pl.
  • 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);

    Entry →
    abl. pl.
    dat. pl.
    loc. pl.

Examples

  • M

    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..."
  • P

    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..."
  • P

    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..."
  • G

    Poems

    Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems

    "...silvae cingunt super impendentes, Minosim linquens doris celebranda choreis, non vacuos: namque ille tulit radicitus altas fagos..."

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