CHOREUS


Meaning of CHOREUS in English

kəˈrēəs noun

( plural cho·rei -ēˌī)

Etymology: Latin, from Greek choreios, literally, of a chorus, from choros chorus — more at chorus

: a trochee in classical prosody — used at first especially of the trochee when resolved into the tribrach

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