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cordax acis, m, κόρδαξ (a wanton dance); of the trochee, the dancing metre.* * *I(gen.), cordacis ADJlively, trippingIItrochaic meter; cordax (indecent/extravagant dance of Greek comedy L+S) -
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cordax, ăcis, m., = kordax, the extravagant dance of Grecian comedy, distinguished by lively movement and wanton gesture, and by the rope which was kept passing through the hands of the dancers; the imitation of this dance was regarded as a mark of drunkenness or licentiousness: ducere, to dance it (kordaka helkein), Petr. 52, 9 (cf. Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 34).—Adject.: cordaces sententiae, i. e. tinnulae, staggering (together with modulatae), Fronto de Or. 2, p. 240 Mai.—II.Transf. of the trochaic rhythm, in a loose translation of Aristotle (ho de trochaios kordakikôteros), on account of its hopping movement, Cic. Or. 57, 193; Quint. 9, 4, 88.
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cordax — cor·dax … English syllables
cordax — ˈkȯ(r)ˌdaks variant of kordax … Useful english dictionary
κόρδαχ' — κόρδᾱκα , κόρδαξ cordax masc acc sg κόρδᾱκι , κόρδαξ cordax masc dat sg κόρδᾱκε , κόρδαξ cordax masc nom/voc/acc dual … Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)
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