choric

American  

[kawr-ik, kohr-] / ˈkɔr ɪk, ˈkoʊr- /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or written for a chorus.

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choric British  

/ ˈkɒrɪk /

adjective

1. of, like, for, or in the manner of a chorus, esp of singing, dancing, or the speaking of verse

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Etymology

Origin of choric

1810–20; < Late Latin choricus < Greek chorikós, equivalent to chor ( ós ) chorus + -ikos -ic

Example Sentences

Westphal, R., his examination of the Choric Odes of Æschylus, 163.

From The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886 by Various

This is, on the whole, the most normal use of the Choric odes, though occasionally they may also be used for helping on the action.

From Euripedes and His Age by Murray, Gilbert

Tennyson, The Lotos-Eaters, Choric Song at end:   like Gods together, careless of mankind.

From Readings from Latin Verse With Notes by Bushnell, Curtis C.

We now come to the quantitative parts, and the separate parts into which Tragedy is divided, namely, Prologue, Episode, Exode, Choric song; this last being divided into Parode and Stasimon.

From The Poetics of Aristotle by Butcher, S. H. (Samuel Henry)

Of the Choric part the Parode is the first undivided utterance of the Chorus: the Stasimon is a Choric ode without anapaests or trochaic tetrameters: the Commos is a joint lamentation of Chorus and actors.

From The Poetics of Aristotle by Butcher, S. H. (Samuel Henry)