choreus
From LSJ
ἄμεινον γὰρ ἑαυτῷ φυλάττειν τὴν ἐλευθερίαν τοῦ ἑτέρων ἀφαιρεῖσθαι → for it is better to guard one's own freedom than to deprive another of his
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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
chŏrēus, ī, m. (χορεῖος), chorée ou trochée : Cic. Or. 212 || chŏrēus, ī, m., Diom. 462, 20 et chŏrīus, īī, m., Diom. 479, 2, tribraque.
Latin > German (Georges)
chorēus (chorius), ī, m. (χορειος, sc. πούς, pes), I) der später trochaeus genannte Versfuß: – ñ, Cic. u.a. – II) der früher tribrachys genannte Versfuß: ñ ñ ñ, Diom. 465, 20 (wo choreus) u. 479, 2 (wo chorius).
