choragium
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek χορήγιον (khorḗgion), from χορηγός (khorēgós, “chorus leader”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kʰɔˈraː.ɡi.ũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [koˈraː.d͡ʒi.um]
Noun
chorāgium m (genitive chorāgiī or chorāgī); second declension
- the preparing and bringing out of a chorus
- stage apparatus, scenery and costumes
- (by extension) pomp
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | chorāgium | chorāgia |
| genitive | chorāgiī chorāgī1 |
chorāgiōrum |
| dative | chorāgiō | chorāgiīs |
| accusative | chorāgium | chorāgia |
| ablative | chorāgiō | chorāgiīs |
| vocative | chorāgium | chorāgia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Related terms
References
- “choragium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “choragium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers