choragus

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noun

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.

OriginLatin chorāgus ← grc-dor χορᾱγός →
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Meanings

nounchoragus (plural choragi)

plural choragi · alternative choregus · alternative choregos

  1. historicalAncient GreeceA 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.

    […] no less a person than Themistocles had, as choragus, defrayed the special cost of the performance.

    1924, Herbert Weir Smyth, “III. The Persians”, in Aeschylean Tragedy, page 75

Origin

  1. grc-dorχορᾱγός
  2. Latinchorāgus
  3. Englishchoragus

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).

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