Ask at the forum if you have an Ancient or Modern Greek query!

choragium

From LSJ
Revision as of 07:20, 14 August 2017 by Spiros (talk | contribs) (Gf-D_2)
Menander, fragment 761

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.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

chŏrāgĭum,¹⁶ ĭī, n. (χορήγιον),
1 matériel scénique, décors : Pl. Capt. 61 ; procurator summi choragii CIL 3, 348, metteur en scène du théâtre impérial || [fig.] appareil somptueux : Apul. M. 2, 20
2 ressort : Vitr. Arch. 10, 8, 4.