chorea
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See also: choreá
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek χορεία (khoreía).
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -iːə
Noun[edit]
chorea (countable and uncountable, plural choreas or choreae or choreæ)
- An Ancient Greek circular dance accompanied by a chorus.
- (medicine) Any of the various diseases of the nervous system characterized by involuntary muscular movements of the face and extremities; St. Vitus's dance.
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Translations[edit]
an Ancient Greek circular dance
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disease of the nervous system
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek χορεία (khoreía, “dance; circling motion”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
chorēa f (genitive chorēae); first declension
- (usually in the plural) A dance in a ring, round dance.
- (metonymically) A round dance of the circular motions of the stars.
Declension[edit]
In prosody, chorēa is sometimes written as chorea without a macron. First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | chorēa | chorēae |
Genitive | chorēae | chorēārum |
Dative | chorēae | chorēīs |
Accusative | chorēam | chorēās |
Ablative | chorēā | chorēīs |
Vocative | chorēa | chorēae |
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Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- chorea in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879
- chorea in Charlton T. Lewis, An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1891
- chorea in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- chorea in Gaffiot, Félix, Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, 1934
- chorea in The Perseus Project, Perseus Encyclopedia[1], 1999
Spanish[edit]
Verb[edit]
chorea
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