chorea

See also: choreá

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χορεία (khoreía).

Noun

chorea (countable and uncountable, plural choreas or choreae or choreæ)

  1. An Ancient Greek circular dance accompanied by a chorus.
  2. (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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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χορεία (khoreía, dance; circling motion).

Pronunciation

Noun

chorēa f (genitive chorēae); first declension

  1. (usually in the plural) A dance in a ring, round dance.
  2. (metonymically) A round dance of the circular motions of the stars.

Inflection

In prosody, chorēa is sometimes written as chorea without a macron. First declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative chorēa chorēae
Genitive chorēae chorēārum
Dative chorēae chorēīs
Accusative chorēam chorēās
Ablative chorēā chorēīs
Vocative chorēa chorēae

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References

  • chorea in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • chorea in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • chorea in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • chorea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • chorea in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia

Spanish

Verb

chorea

  1. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of chorear.
  2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of chorear.
  3. Informal second-person singular () affirmative imperative form of chorear.
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