χορός - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Likely from a Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰoros, from a root *ǵʰer-, though the semantic identity of this root has been disputed:[1]
- From *ǵʰer- (“to seize, catch, enclose”), with some original meaning of "encircling/ring (dance)", whence χόρτος (khórtos, “enclosure”) and Latin cohors, with comparable meanings (multitude, troop).
- From *ǵʰer- (“to yearn for”), whence also χαίρω (khaírō, “to rejoice”).
- From a *ǵʰer- of uncertain interpretation, though related to Lithuanian žãras (“row, twig”); this could be identical to the "seize" meaning above.
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kʰo.rós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kʰoˈros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /xoˈros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /xoˈros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /xoˈros/
χορός • (khorós) m (genitive χοροῦ); second declension
- dance ring; round dance
- dance accompanied by song; choral dance
- chorus, choir, band of singers and dancers
- band, troop, group
- row
- place for dancing
- Synonym: χορεῖον (khoreîon)
- (theater) Chorus
- Greek: χορός m (chorós)
- → Latin: chorus m (see there for further descendants)
- → Georgian: ხორუმი (xorumi)
- → Russian: хор m (xor)
- → Hebrew: הוֹרָה f
- → Esperanto: ĥoro
- → Serbo-Croatian: о́ро n, óro
- → Bulgarian: хоро (horo)
- → Romanian: horă f
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “χορός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1644
- “χορός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “χορός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “χορός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- χορός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- χορός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “χορός”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G5525 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- “χορός”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
From Ancient Greek χορός (khorós).
χορός • (chorós) m (plural χοροί)
- χορευτής m (choreftís, “dancer”)
- χορεύτρια f (choréftria, “dancer”)
- χορεύω (chorévo, “to dance”)
- σέρνω το χορό (sérno to choró, “lead a dance line, be a ringleader”)
- χορός on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
- χορός, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language