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Οὔτ' ἐν φθιμένοις οὔτ' ἐν ζωοῖσιν ἀριθμουμένη, χωρὶς δή τινα τῶνδ' ἔχουσα μοῖραν → Neither among the dead nor the living do I count myself, having a lot apart from these

Euripides, Suppliants, 968

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

chŏrāgĭum: ii, n., = χορήγιον>.
I The place where the chorus was trained and practised, Vitr. 5, 9; Inscr. Orell. 3209.—
II ( = χορηγία>; cf. Lidd. and Scott), the preparing and bringing out of a chorus, Plaut. Capt. prol. 61; App. Mag. p. 282, 1; cf. Fest. p. 52; in plur., Val. Max. 2, 4, 6.— Hence,
   B Transf., of any other splendid preparation or equipment, Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 115: nuptiarum, App. M. 4, p. 157, 35: funebre, id. ib. 2, p. 123, 25.—Trop.: gloriae, means of acquiring, Auct. Her. 4, 50, 63.—
III In mechanics, a spring, Vitr. 10, 8, 4.