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choreus
noun
cho·re·us
\kəˈrēəs\
Definition of choreus
chorei
\-ēˌī\: a trochee in classical prosody —used at first especially of the trochee when resolved into the tribrach
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Origin and Etymology of choreus
Latin, from Greek choreios, literally, of a chorus, from choros chorus
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