χορός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Uncertain. Has traditionally been derived from a Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer- (“catch”), cognate to χόρτος (khortos, “enclosure”) and Sanskrit हरति (harati). However, the word is phonetically identical to Lithuanian žaras, and so could perhaps be from a Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰoros.

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /kʰorós/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /kʰorós/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /xorós/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /xorós/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /xoɾós/

Noun

χορός (genitive χοροῦ) m, second declension; (khoros)

1. dance ring, round dance
2. dance accompanied by song, choral dance
3. chorus, choir, band of singers and dancers
4. band, troop, group
5. row
6. place for dancing

Inflection

Second declension of χορός, χοροῦ

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	χορός	χορώ	χοροί
Genitive	χοροῦ	χοροῖν	χορῶν
Dative	χορῷ	χοροῖν	χοροῖς
Accusative	χορόν	χορώ	χορούς
Vocative	χορέ	χορώ	χοροί

Descendants

• Greek: χορός (chorós) m
• Russian: хор (xor) m

References

• LSJ
• BDAG
• Robert S. P. Beekes (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill Academic Publishers)
• Strong’s concordance number: G5525

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Greek

Noun

χορός (chorós) m,   plural χοροί

1. dance
2. chorus in a performance of Ancient Greek drama

Declension

declension of χορός

	singular (ενικός)	plural (πληθυντικός)
nominative (ονομαστική)	χορός	χοροί
genitive (γενική)	χορού	χορών
accusative (αιτιατική)	χορό	χορούς
vocative (κλητική)	χορέ	χοροί

Related terms

• χορευτής m (choreftís, “dancer”)
• χορεύτρια m (choréftria, “dancer”)
• χορεύω (chorévo, “to dance”)