dichoreus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek διχόρειος (dikhóreios).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

dichorēus m (genitive dichorēī); second declension

1. a double trochee

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	dichorēus	dichorēī
genitive	dichorēī	dichorēōrum
dative	dichorēō	dichorēīs
accusative	dichorēum	dichorēōs
ablative	dichorēō	dichorēīs
vocative	dichorēe	dichorēī

Related terms

• chorēus

References

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