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chorea

chorea, a dance in a ring, dance to music

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

chorēa, ae, f.: a circling dance, 10.224; a dance, 6.644.
chŏrēa (chŏrĕa, Tib. 1, 3, 59; Prop. 2 (3), 19, 15; Verg. A. 6, 644), ae, f., = χορεία (most freq. in plur.),
  • a dance in a ring, a dance.
          • α Sing., * Lucr. 2, 636; Verg. Cul. 19.—
          • β Plur., Tib. 1, 7, 49; Prop. 1, 3, 5; 3 (4), 10, 23; Verg. A. 9, 615; 10, 224; Hor. C. 1, 9, 16; 2, 19, 25; 4, 6, 15; Ov. M. 8, 581; 8, 746; 14, 520 et saep.—
  • II Meton., of the circular motions of the stars: choreae astricae, Varr. ap. Non. p. 451, 11; Manil. 1, 668.

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