choreis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →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;
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl. - 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);
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..."
