chŏrus — Lewis & Short
chŏrus, i, m., = xoro/s [cf. Lidd. and Scott under xoro/s].
I A dance in a ring, a choral dance, a dance, = chorea:
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.—
b 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:
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. —
B The heavenly bodies moving in harmony (cf. supra, I. b.):
Pleiadum,Prop. 3 (4), 5, 36. Hor. C. 4, 14, 21:
astrorum,Stat. Achill. 1, 643.—
C 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).