choragium

chŏrāgĭum, ii, n., = chorêgion.

I.

The place where the chorus was trained and practised, Vitr. 5, 9; Inscr. Orell. 3209.—

II.

( = chorêgia; cf.

Lidd. and Scott),

the preparing and bringing out of a chorus, Plaut. Capt. prol. 61; App. Mag. p. 282, 1; cf. Fest. p. 52; in plur., Val. Max. 2, 4, 6.— Hence,

B.

Transf., of any other splendid preparation or equipment, Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 115:

nuptiarum,

App. M. 4, p. 157, 35:

funebre,

id. ib. 2, p. 123, 25.— Trop.:

gloriae,

means of acquiring, Auct. Her. 4, 50, 63.—

III.

In mechanics, a spring, Vitr. 10, 8, 4.