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|lshtext=<b>cordax</b>: ăcis, m., = [[κόρδαξ]]>,<br /><b>I</b> the [[extravagant]] [[dance]] of Grecian [[comedy]], [[distinguished]] by [[lively]] [[movement]] and [[wanton]] [[gesture]], and by the [[rope]] [[which]] [[was]] kept [[passing]] [[through]] the hands of the dancers; the [[imitation]] of this [[dance]] [[was]] regarded as a [[mark]] of [[drunkenness]] or [[licentiousness]]: ducere, to [[dance]] it (κόρδακα ἕλκειν), Petr. 52, 9 (cf. Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 34).—Adject.: cordaces sententiae, i. e. tinnulae, [[staggering]] ([[together]] [[with]] modulatae), [[Fronto]] de Or. 2, p. 240 Mai.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf. of the trochaic [[rhythm]], in a [[loose]] translation of [[Aristotle]] (ὁ δὲ [[τροχαῖος]] κορδακικώτερος), on [[account]] of its hopping [[movement]], Cic. Or. 57, 193; Quint. 9, 4, 88.