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χορηγία, office or λῃτουργία of a χορηγός

χορηγ-ία, ἡ,
  • office or λῃτουργία of a χορηγός, defraying of the cost of the public choruses, Antipho 2.3.8 (pl.), 5.77 (pl.), Th. 6.16 (pl.), etc.: used generally of λῃτουργίαι other than the τριηραρχία, Lys. 19.57 (pl.), D. 20.19 (pl.), Lex ap. eund. 18.106.
      • 2 generally, expense, Democr. 282.
    • II generally, abundance of external means, fortune, ἡ ἐκτὸς χ. Arist. EN 1178a24, cf. Pol. 1255a14, al.; πολιτικὴ χ. things necessary to furnish or constitute a state, ib. 1326a5: pl., βασιλικαὶ χ. Jul. Ep. 89b; πρόγονοι καὶ χ. καὶ δόξα great fortunes, Lib. Or. 33.20.
      • 2 metaph., in later historians, of supplies for war, τῶν ἀναγκαίων, τῶν ἐπιτηδείων, Plb. 1.18.9, 4.71.10, etc.: pl., Id. 1.16.6, etc.
        • b generally, supplies for a banquet, Plu. QConv. 2.692b.
        • c extraneous, adventitious aids, Arist. Po. 1453b8.
        • d abundance, τῶν εὐτυχημάτων Id. Pol. 1333b17; ὕλης Luc. Anach. 35; ὕδατος Hdn. 8.2.6; τῶν πηγῶν Lib. Or. 61.18; πᾶσα χ. τῆς νόσου all that feeds the disease, Philostr. Im. 2.23.
        • e subvention, assistance, Ph. Bel. 50.39.
    • III f.l. for χορεία, Pl. Euthd. 277d.

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