choragium

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χορήγιον (khorḗgion), from χορηγός (khorēgós, “chorus leader”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kʰoˈraː.ɡi.um/, [kʰɔˈräːɡiʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /koˈra.d͡ʒi.um/, [koˈräːd͡ʒium]

Noun

chorāgium m (genitive chorāgiī or chorāgī); second declension

1. the preparing and bringing out of a chorus
2. stage apparatus, scenery and costumes
3. (by extension) pomp

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	chorāgium	chorāgia
genitive	chorāgiī chorāgī1	chorāgiōrum
dative	chorāgiō	chorāgiīs
accusative	chorāgium	chorāgia
ablative	chorāgiō	chorāgiīs
vocative	chorāgium	chorāgia

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Related terms

• chorāgus
• chorus

References

• “choragium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “choragium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers