χορηγός

Ancient Greek
FWOTD – 9 July 2017

Alternative forms

Etymology

From χορός (khorós, “chorus”) +‎ ἡγέομαι (hēgéomai, “I lead”).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

χορηγός • (khorēgós) m (genitive χορηγοῦ); second declension

  1. a chorus leader, who could enter the story as a character able to interact with the characters of a play
  2. generally, the leader of a train or band
  3. in Athens, one who defrays the cost of a performance
  4. generally, one who supplies financial backing for any endeavour

Inflection
Second declension of ὁ χορηγός; τοῦ χορηγοῦ (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ χορηγός
ho khorēgós		 τὼ χορηγώ
tṑ khorēgṓ		 οἱ χορηγοί
hoi khorēgoí
Genitive τοῦ χορηγοῦ
toû khorēgoû		 τοῖν χορηγοῖν
toîn khorēgoîn		 τῶν χορηγῶν
tôn khorēgôn
Dative τῷ χορηγῷ
tôi khorēgôi		 τοῖν χορηγοῖν
toîn khorēgoîn		 τοῖς χορηγοῖς
toîs khorēgoîs
Accusative τὸν χορηγόν
tòn khorēgón		 τὼ χορηγώ
tṑ khorēgṓ		 τοὺς χορηγούς
toùs khorēgoús
Vocative χορηγέ
khorēgé		 χορηγώ
khorēgṓ		 χορηγοί
khorēgoí
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • → French: chorège
  • Greek: χορηγός m (chorigós, “benefactor”)

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χορηγός (khorēgós, “chorus leader”)

Noun

χορηγός • (chorigós) m (plural χορηγοί)

  1. sponsor, backer, benefactor (especially for an artistic event)

Declension
declension of χορηγός
singular plural
nominative χορηγός • χορηγοί •
genitive χορηγού • χορηγών •
accusative χορηγό • χορηγούς •
vocative χορηγέ • χορηγοί •
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