choreus

== English == === Etymology === From Latin choreus, from Ancient Greek χορεῖος (khoreîos), related to χορός (khorós, “choir, chorus”). === Noun === choreus (plural choreuses) (prosody) A trochee. (prosody) A tribrach. ==== Synonyms ==== choree ==== Derived terms ==== === Anagrams === chouser, rouches == Latin == === Alternative forms === chorīus === Etymology === From Ancient Greek χορεῖος (khoreîos, “of a chorus”), from χορός (khorós). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kʰɔˈreː.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [koˈrɛː.us] === Noun === chorēus m (genitive chorēī); second declension a choreus, trochee (later) a tribrach ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== 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