choragus

== English == === Alternative forms === choregus, (rare) choregos === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin chorāgus, from Doric Greek χορᾱγός (khorāgós), from χορός (khorós, “chorus”) +‎ -ᾱγός (-āgós, Doric form of -ηγός (-ēgós, “-leader”)), literally “chorus-leader”. Compare Attic Greek χορηγός (khorēgós). === Noun === choragus (plural choragi) (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. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === “choragus”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Doric Greek χορᾱγός (khorāgós), from χορός (khorós, “chorus”) +‎ -ᾱγός (-āgós, Doric form of -ηγός (-ēgós, “-leader”)), literally “chorus-leader”. Compare Attic Greek χορηγός (khorēgós). === Noun === chorāgus m (genitive chorāgī); second declension chorus leader (the person in charge of a chorus) ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Related terms ==== chorāgium ==== Descendants ==== → English: choragus Italian: corago Middle French: chorague === References === “choragus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "choragus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, 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.