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χορ-εία

choreia · ἡ

dance, choral dance with music, circling motion

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Epinomis 2 · 3.17/10k
Laws 27 · 2.62/10k
Judith 1 · 1.14/10k
Phoenissae 1 · 1.04/10k
Euthydemus 1 · 0.8/10k
Timaeus 1 · 0.42/10k
Enneads 4 · 0.19/10k
Republic 1 · 0.11/10k

What it meant

χορ-εία · chor-eia — LSJ

dance, choral dance with music

dance, esp. choral dance with music, E. Ph. 1265 (pl., nowhere else in Trag., exc. Chaerem. 14.3), Ar. Ra. 336 (lyr.); ῥυθμὸν χορείας ὕπαγε Id. Th. 956 (lyr.); εὔκυκλος χ. ib. 968 (troch.); χ . . . ὄρχησίς τε καὶ ᾠδὴ τὸ σύνολόν ἐστιν Pl. Lg. 654b; ὅλη . . χ. ὅλη παίδευσις ἦν ἡμῖν ib. 672e; μιμήματα τρόπων ἐστὶ τὰ περὶ τὰς χ. ib. 655d; θυσίαι τε καὶ χ. ib. 772b; ἐπάρχεσθαι . . τοὺς χοροὺς χορείας τῷ Διονύσῳ dub. in IG 12(9).192.11 (Eretria).

2 circling motion

of any circling motion, as of the stars, χ. καλλίστην χορεύοντα Pl. Epin. 982e, cf. Arist. Fr. 11 (pl.), Luc. Salt. 17; πλανήτων τε καὶ ἀπλανῶν χορείαις Ph. 1.16.

II dance-tune

dance-tune, ἄκουε τὰν ἐμὰν Δώριον χ. Pratin.Lyr. 1.17, cf. Ar. Ra. 247 (lyr.).

In the wild

χορείαις · choreiais Euripides, Phoenissae 1265 (DIORISIS sentence 739)
χορείαν · choreian Plato, Epinomis 982
χορείᾳ · choreiai Plato, Epinomis 991
χορεία · choreia Plato, Euthydemus 277
χορείας · choreias Plato, Laws 942
χορείας · choreias Plato, Laws 949

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