choros
Dictionary entries
- Entry →chorus, chori:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Arts
chorus; choral passage in a play; dancing/singing performance/ers; school;; round/ring dance; dancers; movement of planets; magistrate's court; multitude;; choir; singing; sanctuary; those in sanctuary;
acc. pl.nom. sg.
Examples
Liber IX
Aulus Gellius
"...Eurotae ripis aut per iuga Cynthi exercet Diana choros, quam mille secutae hinc atque hinc glomerantur Oriades. Illa..."Satura XI
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...ministri.] forsitan expectes ut Gaditana canoro incipiant prurire choro plausuque probatae ad terram tremulo descendant clune puellae, [spectant..."Liber XII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...pete limina templi, Reddita Pierio sunt ubi tecta choro. Vel si malueris, prima gradiere Subura; Atria sunt illic..."Liber VII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...niueis ornetur ripa ministris et Ganymedeo luceat unda choro, quid facit Alcides silua sacratus in ista? Tam uicina..."Liber IV
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...plus Bacchus amauit; hoc nuper Satyri monte dedere choros; haec Veneris sedes, Lacedaemone gratior illi; hic locus Herculeo..."Libri XI-XIII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...tibiae: singulorum illic latent voces, omnium apparent. De choro dico quem veteres philosophi noverant: in commissionibus nostris plus..."Agamemnon
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...stirps Inachia. Tu quoque nostros, Thespias hospes, comitare choros, quaeque Erasini gelidos fontes, quaeque Eurotan, quaeque uirenti tacitum..."Praefatio
Aulus Gellius
"...hominum scaevitas et invidentia irritatior, mutuabor ex Aristophanae choro anapaesta pauca et quam ille homo festivissimus fabulae suae..."