chorus
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;
nom. sg.
Examples
Satura VI
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...grauis est rationibus. ecce furentis Bellonae matrisque deum chorus intrat et ingens semiuir, obsceno facies reuerenda minori, mollia..."de Spectaculis
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial) from EPIGRAMMATON LIBRI
"...propero, mergite cum redeo.' XXVI Lusit Nereidum docilis chorus aequore toto et uario faciles ordine pinxit aquas. Fuscina..."Liber X
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...frequentes audiant capillati Et delicatae diligat chorus mensae, Nec calculator nec notarius velox Maiore quisquam circulo coronetur. Albae..."Liber V
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...libellis praegrauem gerit laeuam, notariorum quem premit chorus leuis, qui codicillis hinc et inde prolatis epistolisque commodat grauem..."Libri XI-XIII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...unitatem illa conpetant. Non vides quam multorum vocibus chorus constet? unus tamen ex omnibus redditur. Aliqua illic acuta..."Liber I
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE BENEFICIIS
"...iuuat? Quid ille consertis manibus in se redeuntium chorus? Ob hoc, quia ordo beneficii per manus transeuntis nihilo..."Thyestes
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...Satelles Thyestes, frater Atrei Tantalus, filius Thyestis Nuntius Chorus TANTALI VMBRA: Quis inferorum sede ab infausta extrahit auido..."Liber IX
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...silua diuitiisque graues et fuluo germine rami uirgineusque chorus, nitidi custodia luci, et numquam somno damnatus lumina serpens..."