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Χορηγός
chorus-leader
He who leads the chorus, and a giver [sc. of a chorus or something else].
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Χορικός
chorikos, choricus, chorus-leader
[Meaning] he who leads out the chorus. Such a one was Agathon, who used to create dramatic songs and act them out himself; therefore they are also called "choral" [songs].
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Χοροβατῶ
I dance in the chorus
[Meaning] I step into a chorus.
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Χοροδέκτης
chorus-director
[Meaning] the one who leads out the chorus first. "[...] so as if he had been given his stance from some chorus-director [...]."
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Χορός
chorus, orchestra
[Meaning] both the choral dancers and the place [where they perform]. Homer [says]: "in [it] he decorated a dancing-floor". [That is, a place] in which the body of choral dancers [would perform]. And [there …
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411
Χοροστατῶν
chorus-positioning, positioning the chorus
[Meaning he who is] making a beginning of a chorus.
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413
Χορταῖος
chortaios, chortaeus, farmyard-coat
[Meaning] a shaggy and fleecy chiton.
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414
Χοροῖσι τῶν τραγῳδιῶν ἄχθεται
he is grieved at the choruses of the tragedians
In reference to those who are hungry; on the basis that they [sc. the tragedians] are far from it. Aristophanes [writes]: "then [if someone], hungry, were grieved at the choruses of the tragedians, he …
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Χοροιτύπος
choral-beating, choral-dancing
[Meaning one who is] beating [sc. the ground] in the chorus.
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Χοιρίλος
Choirilos, Choerilus
Athenian, tragedian, began competing in the 64th Olympiad; and he staged 160 plays, and won with 13. This man, according to some, experimented with the masks and the stage(?) of the costumes.
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600
Χοιροκομεῖον
pig-pen
[Meaning a] woven receptacle, in which they used to tether and rear the young pigs. Or the peg, on which they used to shackle the pigs and rear them. Aristophanes [writes]: "these envoys from …
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617
Χυτρεοῦν
earthenware
[Meaning] made of pottery, cheap, worthy of a cooking-pot. Aristophanes [writes]: "o unhappy me, for taking you -- earthenware -- to be a god".
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