τερψίχορος
Ancient Greek
adj-2nd
Definitions
- enjoying a dance, especially a choral dance
Etymology
Affix from Ancient Greek τέρψις (enjoyment, delight) + Ancient Greek χορός (chorus, company of dancers singers, dance, choir, place for dancing, band of singers and dancers, circle dance).
Origin
Ancient Greek
χορός
Gloss
chorus, company of dancers singers, dance, choir, place for dancing, band of singers and dancers, circle dance
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
💃 🕺 💃 🕺 🩰
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- choragus Latin
- choralis Latin
- chorus Latin
- хор Russian
- Στησίχορος Ancient Greek
- Τερψιχόρα Ancient Greek
- Τερψιχόρη Ancient Greek
- τέρπω Ancient Greek
- τέρψις Ancient Greek
- χοραύλης Ancient Greek
- χορεία Ancient Greek
- χορεύω Ancient Greek
- χορηγός Ancient Greek
- χορός Ancient Greek
- *ǵʰer- Proto-Indo-European
- ĥoro Esperanto
- χορός Greek (modern)
- choras Lithuanian