chorea
See also: choreá
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek χορεία (khoreía).
Noun
chorea (countable and uncountable, plural choreas or choreae or choreæ)
- An Ancient Greek circular dance accompanied by a chorus.
- (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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Translations
an Ancient Greek circular dance
disease of the nervous system
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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek χορεία (khoreía, “dance; circling motion”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kʰoˈreː.a/
Noun
chorēa f (genitive chorēae); first declension
Inflection
In prosody, chorēa is sometimes written as chorea without a macron. First declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | chorēa | chorēae |
Genitive | chorēae | chorēārum |
Dative | chorēae | chorēīs |
Accusative | chorēam | chorēās |
Ablative | chorēā | chorēīs |
Vocative | chorēa | chorēae |
Related terms
- choricus
- chorus
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
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