choreus

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νύμφην τ' ἄνυμφον παρθένον τ' ἀπάρθενον → wife unwed and virgin that is no virgin | bride that is no bride, virgin that is virgin no more | virgin wife and widowed maid | unwed bride and ravished virgin

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

chŏrēus: or -īus, i, m., = χορεῖος (sc. πούς, pes), in verse,
I A foot, later called trochaeus,—˘, Cic. Or. 63, 212; Quint. 9, 4, 80; 9, 4, 82; 9, 4, 96; Marc. Vict. p. 2487 P.—
II In later metrists, for the earlier tribrachys, ˘˘˘, Diom. pp. 261 and 475 P.