Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Choragium

Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary, and Greek Lexicon (Rich, 1849)

CHORA'GIUM (χορήγιον). The furniture, scenery, dresses, &c. belonging to a theatre, which are necessary in presenting a play upon the stage, or, as our actors call it, "the property." Festus, s. v. Plaut. Capt. Prol. 60.

2. A large apartment behind the stage, where the "property" was kept; or, perhaps, where the actors, and in a Greek theatre, the Chorus, dressed or rehearsed. (Vitruv. v. 9. 1. Demosth. p. 403. 22. Reiske.) It formed one of the appurtenances constructed in the spacious porticoes at the back of a theatre (Vitruv. l. c.), as may be seen on the plan of Pompey's theatre, introduced as an illustration under THEATRUM.

3. A sort of spring in hydraulic machines. Vitruv. x. 8. 1.