choragus

English

Alternative forms

• choregos

Etymology

From Latin chorāgus, from Ancient Greek χορᾱγός (khorāgós), Doric form of χορηγός (khorēgós), from χορός (khorós, “chorus”) +‎ ἄγω (ágō, “to lead”).

Noun

choragus (plural choragi)

1. (historical, Ancient Greece) A chorus leader, especially one who provided at his own expense and under his own supervision one of the choruses for the musical contests at Athens.

References

• “choragus”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χορᾱγός (khorāgós), Doric form of χορηγός (khorēgós), from χορός (khorós, “chorus”) +‎ ἄγω (ágō, “to lead”).

Noun

chorāgus m (genitive chorāgī); second declension

1. The person in charge of a chorus

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	chorāgus	chorāgī
Genitive	chorāgī	chorāgōrum
Dative	chorāgō	chorāgīs
Accusative	chorāgum	chorāgōs
Ablative	chorāgō	chorāgīs
Vocative	chorāge	chorāgī

Related terms

• chorāgium

References

• “choragus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• choragus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• choragus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.