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Headword: *xoroitu/pos
Adler number: chi,415
Translated headword: choral-beating, choral-dancing
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning one who is] beating [sc. the ground] in the chorus.
Greek Original:
*xoroitu/pos: e)n tw=| xorw=| tu/ptwn.
Note:
Same entry (according to Adler) in the Ambrosian Lexicon (285); similar one in Etymologicum Magnum 813.49. The headword is an epic/poetic adjective, occurring in a fragment of Pindar quoted by Pausanias (3.25.2), as well as several times in Nonnus' Dionysiaca.
Keywords: definition; epic; meter and music; poetry; stagecraft
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 2 April 2008@04:41:44.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (augmented note and keywords; cosmetics) on 2 April 2008@05:28:09.
David Whitehead on 12 November 2013@08:23:59.
David Whitehead (coding) on 1 June 2016@04:06:00.
Catharine Roth (expanded note) on 9 June 2023@18:17:52.
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