a dance

Greek Noun Male

χορός, -οῦ, ὁ [in LXX chiefly for מָחוֹל, מְחֹלָה;] a dance: pl, Luk.15:25. (AS)

a dance

Greek Noun Male

χορός, ὁ, dance, αἰεὶ δ᾽ ἡμῖν δαίς τε φίλη κίθαρίς τε χοροί τε [Refs 8th c.BC+]: later of the dance as a public religious ceremony, Διόνυσον τιμώσας χοροῖς [Refs 5th c.BC+]; χοροὺς ἀνῆγον αἱ πόλεις (i.e. εἰς τὴν Δῆλον) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πεν- ἀνδρῶν χ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]; κύκλιος χ. (see. κύκλιος); θυσίῃσί σφεα (i.e. Δαμίην καὶ Αὐξησίην) καὶ χοροῖσι γυναικηΐοισι κερτόμοισι ἱλάσκοντο [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τραγικοὶ χοροί, at Sicyon, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: hence of the chorus in the Attic drama, οἱ χ. τῶν τραγῳδῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; χ. τραγικός, κωμικός, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; also χ. τρυγικός, τρυγῳδικός, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; arranged in six rows, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὃς οὐκ ἔδωκ᾽ αἰτοῦντι Σοφοκλέει χορόν (of the archon to whom the poet applied) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; χορὸν λαβεῖν, ἔχειν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; χ. συλλέξαι, χοροὺς ἀθροίζειν (i.e. from the tribe), [Refs 5th c.BC+] II) choir, band of dancers and singers, h. Ven.[NT+5th c.BC+] II.2) generally, choir, troop, ἰχθύων [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of things, ἄστρων αἰθέριοι χ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; χ. σκευῶν row of dishes, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; χ. δονάκων row of reeds, i. e. Pan's pipe, [Refs 5th c.AD+]; χ. ὀδόντων a row of teeth, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] for the front teeth, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὴν σοφίαν ποῦ χοροῦ τάξομε; in what class shall we place it? [Refs 5th c.BC+] III) place for dancing, ἐν δὲ χ. ποίκιλλε. Ἀμφιγυήεις [Refs 8th c.BC+]; at Sparta the ἀγορά was called χορός, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: see below (Acc. to [Refs 5th c.AD+] ={κύκλος},{στέφανος}, and therefore properly denotes a ring-dance.)

Greek

Noun Masculine

a ring, i.e. round dance ("choir"; dancing; of uncertain derivation