coryphaeusn.

/kɒrɪˈfiːəs/

Forms: Also 1800s corypheus; 1600s Anglicized as coryphe.

Etymology: Latin; < Greek κορυϕαῖος chief, head man, leader, in the Attic Drama ‘leader of the chorus’; < κορυϕή head, top.

a. The leader of a chorus.

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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > actor > [noun] > chorus in ancient Greek drama > leader of

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1678 R. Cudworth tr. Onatus in True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 396 All those other Gods..are to that First..God, but as the Dancers to the Coryphæus or Choragus.

1732 T. Lediard tr. J. Terrasson Life Sethos II. x. 419 The people sung..and the coryphæus answer'd.

a1834 S. T. Coleridge Notes & Lect. Shakespeare (1849) I. 19 The leader of the band, the foreman, or coryphæus.

1870 MacColl Ammergau Passion Play 52 The coryphæus..recited in monotone a short explanation of the type and ensuing act.

b. The title of a functionary in the University of Oxford, appointed (in 1856) to assist the choragus n.

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1856 Statuta Universitatis Oxoniensis 77 Præcentor, sive coryphæus, una cum chorago bipartita opera constantem musicæ practicæ exercitationem habendam curet.]

1863 Oxf. Ten Year Bk. 54 It was enacted that there shall be a Præcentor or Coryphæus..who is to assist the Choragus.

1892 Oxf. Univ. Cal. 26 Music (Coryphæus or Precentor). John Henry Mee.

2. figurative. The chief or leader of a party, sect, school, etc.

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society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > leader

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1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (iii. 2) 1110 They call him [sc. Peter] the Coryphe of the Apostles.

1655 T. Moffett & C. Bennet Healths Improvem. xvii. 141 As amongst Poets there is some called the Coryphæus, or Captain-poet, so fareth it likewise amongst meats.

1809 Edinb. Rev. Apr. 226 A coryphæus of the popular party.

1871 F. W. Farrar Witness of Hist. ii. 50 Strauss, the coryphæus of modern scepticism.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	coryphaeus
释义	coryphaeusn. /kɒrɪˈfiːəs/ Forms: Also 1800s corypheus; 1600s Anglicized as coryphe. Etymology: Latin; < Greek κορυϕαῖος chief, head man, leader, in the Attic Drama ‘leader of the chorus’; < κορυϕή head, top. 1. a. The leader of a chorus. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > actor > [noun] > chorus in ancient Greek drama > leader of coryphaeus1678 choragus1820 1678 R. Cudworth tr. Onatus in True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 396 All those other Gods..are to that First..God, but as the Dancers to the Coryphæus or Choragus. 1732 T. Lediard tr. J. Terrasson Life Sethos II. x. 419 The people sung..and the coryphæus answer'd. a1834 S. T. Coleridge Notes & Lect. Shakespeare (1849) I. 19 The leader of the band, the foreman, or coryphæus. 1870 MacColl Ammergau Passion Play 52 The coryphæus..recited in monotone a short explanation of the type and ensuing act. b. The title of a functionary in the University of Oxford, appointed (in 1856) to assist the choragus n. ΚΠ 1856 Statuta Universitatis Oxoniensis 77 Præcentor, sive coryphæus, una cum chorago bipartita opera constantem musicæ practicæ exercitationem habendam curet.] 1863 Oxf. Ten Year Bk. 54 It was enacted that there shall be a Præcentor or Coryphæus..who is to assist the Choragus. 1892 Oxf. Univ. Cal. 26 Music (Coryphæus or Precentor). John Henry Mee. 2. figurative. The chief or leader of a party, sect, school, etc. ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > leader lattewc825 lodera1325 chieftainc1386 foreleadera1400 bellwetherc1430 aurigac1460 leader1489 Moses1528 ringleader1548 general1582 foreman1603 coryphaeus1633 foreheada1641 senator1656 father1771 o-muraji1869 simba1964 neta1984 1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (iii. 2) 1110 They call him [sc. Peter] the Coryphe of the Apostles. 1655 T. Moffett & C. Bennet Healths Improvem. xvii. 141 As amongst Poets there is some called the Coryphæus, or Captain-poet, so fareth it likewise amongst meats. 1809 Edinb. Rev. Apr. 226 A coryphæus of the popular party. 1871 F. W. Farrar Witness of Hist. ii. 50 Strauss, the coryphæus of modern scepticism. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1633
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