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chŏrus, i, m., = choros [cf. Lidd. and Scott under choros].I.A dance in a ring, a choral dance, a dance, = chorea:b.chorus et cantus,
Tib. 1, 7, 44; cf. Prop. 4 (5), 6, 70:Nympharum leves chori,
Hor. C. 1, 1, 31:ferre pedem choris,
id. ib. 2, 12, 17; Tib. 2, 1, 56:choros agere,
Prop. 2, 3, 18:agitare,
Verg. G. 4, 533:ducere,
Hor. C. 1, 4, 5; 4, 7, 6:exercere,
Verg. A. 1, 499:indicere,
id. ib. 11, 737:instaurare,
Stat. Achill. 4, 145:ostentare,
id. ib. 2, 148 sq.:celebrare,
Sen. Herc. Oet. 594:nectere,
id. ib. 367:dare,
Mart. 4, 44.—The harmonious motions of the heavenly bodies (cf. chorea), Tib. 2, 1, 88. —II.Meton. (abstr. pro concr.), a troop or band of dancers and singers, a chorus, choir:B.saltatores, citharistas, totum denique comissationis Antonianae chorum, etc.,
Cic. Phil. 5, 6, 15; Cat. 63, 30:Phoebi chorus,
Verg. E. 6, 66; cf. Prop. 3 (4), 5, 20; Hor. C. S. 75:chorus Dryadum,
Verg. G. 4, 460:Nereidum,
id. A. 5, 240:Idaei chori,
id. ib. 9, 112:Pierius,
Mart. 12, 3:canorus,
Juv. 11, 163; Ov. M. 3, 685.—Of the chorus in tragedy:actoris partes chorus officiumque virile Defendat, etc.,
Hor. A. P. 193; cf. id. ib. 283; id. Ep. 2, 1, 134; Gell. 19, 10, 12. —The heavenly bodies moving in harmony (cf. supra, I. b.):C.Pleiadum,
Prop. 3 (4), 5, 36; Hor. C. 4, 14, 21:astrorum,
Stat. Achill. 1, 643.—In gen., a multitude, band, troop, crowd:chorus juventutis,
Cic. Mur. 24, 49:philosophorum,
id. Fin. 1, 8, 26; id. Att. 14, 8, 1; so,vatum,
Hor. C. 4, 3, 15:scriptorum,
id. Ep. 2, 2, 77:puellarum,
id. C. 2, 5, 21:(piscium),
Sen. Agam. 452:virtutum,
Cic. Off. 3, 33, 116; id. Tusc. 5, 5, 13 (hence, Engl. choir, quire; Fr. choeur; Ital. coro).
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