choreus
choreus, a choree, trochee (a metrical foot)
chŏrēus or -īus, i, m., = χορεῖος (sc. πούς, pes), in verse,
- 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.
chorēus (chorius), ī, m. (χορεῖος, sc. πούς, pes), I) der später trochaeus genannte Versfuß: – ⏑, Cic. u.a. – II) der früher tribrachys genannte Versfuß: ⏑ ⏑ ⏑, Diom. 465, 20 (wo choreus) u. 479, 2 (wo chorius).
coriambus unde vocabulum sortitus est? quia ex corio et iambo simpla pedum structura in duplum geminatus constat; corius quippe trocheus cognomento nuncupatur
chŏrēus, ī, m. (χορεῖος), chorée ou trochée : Cic. Or. 212 || chŏrēus, ī, m. , Diom. 462, 20 et chŏrīus, īī, m. , Diom. 479, 2, tribraque.
chorēus or -īus ī, m
- , χορεῖος, a choree, trochee (a metrical foot, ¯ ˘).