choreus

English

Etymology

From Latin choreus, from Ancient Greek χορεῖος (khoreîos), related to χορός (khorós, “choir, chorus”).

Noun

choreus (plural choreuses)

1. (prosody) A trochee.
2. (prosody) A tribrach.

Synonyms

• choree

Derived terms

• choriambus

Anagrams

• chouser, rouches

Latin

Alternative forms

• chorīus

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χορεῖος (khoreîos, “of a chorus”), from χορός (khorós).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kʰoˈreː.us/, [kʰɔˈreːʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /koˈre.us/, [koˈrɛːus]

Noun

chorēus m (genitive chorēī); second declension

1. a choreus, trochee
2. (later) a tribrach

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	chorēus	chorēī
genitive	chorēī	chorēōrum
dative	chorēō	chorēīs
accusative	chorēum	chorēōs
ablative	chorēō	chorēīs
vocative	chorēe	chorēī

Related terms

• dichorēus

References

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