choraules

Latin

Alternative forms

• choraula

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek χοραύλης (khoraúlēs, “flute player”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kʰoˈrau̯.leːs/, [kʰɔˈräu̯ɫ̪eːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /koˈrau̯.les/, [koˈräːu̯les]

Noun

choraulēs f (genitive choraulae); first declension

1. (music) a flute player, who accompanied the chorus dance

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ēs).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	choraulēs	choraulae
Genitive	choraulae	choraulārum
Dative	choraulae	choraulīs
Accusative	choraulēn	choraulās
Ablative	choraulē	choraulīs
Vocative	choraulē	choraulae

Related terms

• choraulē (“female flute player”)
• choraulicus

References

• “choraules”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “choraules”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• choraules in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• choraules in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “choraules”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “choraules”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin