A.“-σω” E.Ba.195, etc.: aor. “ἐχόρευσα” Id.Cyc.156, etc.: pf. “κεχόρευκα” Pl.Lg.654b:—Med., in same sense, E.Ion 1084 (lyr.): fut. “-εύσομαι” A.Ag.31: aor. “ἐχορευσάμην” Ar.Th.103 (lyr.), (ἐξ-) E.Hel. 381 (lyr.):—Pass., aor. ἐχορεύθην, pf. κεχόρευμαι, v. infr. 11:—dance a round or choral dance, Pi.Fr.116, Epich.109, S.Aj.701 (lyr.), etc.; esp. of the Dionysiac chorus or dance, E.Cyc.156, Ba.21, 184,207, etc.: hence, take part in the chorus, regarded as a matter of religion, “εἰ γὰρ αἱ τοιαίδε πράξεις τίμιαι, τί δεῖ με χορεύειν;” S.OT896 (lyr.); to be one of a chorus, Ar.Ra.390 (lyr.), interpol. in D.18.265; considered as a high honour by Athenian citizens, Id.39.16,23; “τὸ παλαιὸν οἱ ἐλεύθεροι ἐχόρευον” Arist.Pr.918b21; not allowed to foreigners, Plu.Phoc.30: c. dat. pers., dance to him, in his honour, “Βακχίῳ” E.Ba.195, cf. X.Eq.Mag.3.2; “περί τινα” Pl.Euthd.277e; “ἀμφὶ σὰν κιθάραν” E.Alc.582 (lyr.); ἐπὶ Κυρβάντεσι perh. in their train, S.Fr.862 (lyr.).
2. generally, dance, esp. from joy, “χ. ὑφ᾽ ἡδονῆς” Ar.Pl.288, cf. 761; “αὐτὼ τὼ σκέλει χορεύετον” Id.Pax 325 (troch.); “ἁνὴρ χορεύει, καὶ τὰ τοῦ θεοῦ καλά” Phryn.Com.9: “χ. καὶ ἐν εὐπαθείῃσι εἶναι” Hdt.1.191.
3. metaph., Practise dancing in the chorus, hence practise a thing, be versed in it, “ἔν τινι” Pl. Tht.173c, cf. Lg.654b.
4. of any circling motion, as of the heavenly bodies, “ἀνεχόρευσεν αἰθήρ, χορεύει δὲ Σελάνα” E.Ion1080 (lyr.), cf. Ba.114 (lyr.); so of a cup, “δέπας μεστόν, κύκλῳ χορεῦον” Antiph.237.3.
II. c. acc. cogn., “χορείας χ.” Pl.Lg.942d, Epin. 982e; φροίμιον χορεύσομαι I will dance a prelude, A.Ag.31; χ. γάμους to celebrate them, E.IA1057 (lyr.); “ὄργια Μουσῶν” Ar.Ra.356 (anap.); “ἀγῶνας” Plb.4.20.9:—Pass., κεχόρευται ἡμῖν (sings the Chorus) our part is played, Ar.Nu.1510 (anap.); “τὰ χορευθέντα” things represented in mimic dance, Pl.Lg.655d.
2. trans., celebrate in choral dance, “Φοῖβον” Pi.I.1.7, cf. S.Ant.1153 (lyr.), E.HF 871 (troch.); so Med., Id.Ion 1084 (lyr.):—Pass., to be celebrated in choral dance, “πρὸς ἡμῶν” S.OT1093 (lyr.), cf. E.Ion463 (lyr.).