choreus

noun

cho·​re·​us

kəˈrēəs

plural chorei

-ēˌī

: a trochee in classical prosody

—used at first especially of the trochee when resolved into the tribrach

Word History

Etymology

Latin, from Greek choreios, literally, of a chorus, from choros chorus

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