χορηγία
choregia
office or
Appears 10 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
χορηγία, ἡ, A. office or λῃτουργία of a χορηγός, defraying of the cost of the public choruses, 2.3.8 (pl.), 5.77 (pl.), 6.16 (pl.), etc.: used generally of λῃτουργίαι other than the τριηραρχία, 19.57 (pl.), 20.19 (pl.), Lex ap. eund. 18.106. 2. generally, expense, 282. II. generally, abundance of external means, fortune, ἡ ἐκτὸς χ. EN 1178a24, cf. Pol. 1255a14, al.; πολιτικὴ χ. things necessary to furnish or constitute a state, ib.1326a5: pl., βασιλικαὶ χ. Ep. 89b; πρόγονοι καὶ χ. καὶ δόξα great fortunes, Or. 33.20. 2. metaph., in later historians, of supplies for war, τῶν ἀναγκαίων, τῶν ἐπιτηδείων, 1.18.9, 4.71.10, etc.: pl., 1.16.6, etc. b. generally, supplies for a banquet, 2.692b. c. extraneous, adventitious aids, Po. 1453b8. d. abundance, τῶν εὐτυχημάτων Pol. 1333b17; ὕλης Anach. 35; ὕδατος 8.2.6; τῶν πηγῶν Or. 61.18; πᾶσα χ. τῆς νόσου all that feeds the disease, Im. 2.23. e. subvention, assistance, Bel. 50.39. III. f.l. for χορεία, Euthd. 277d.
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