Lewis & Short

† chŏrāgĭum, ii, n., = χορήγιον.

  1. I. The place where the chorus was trained and practised, Vitr. 5, 9; Inscr. Orell. 3209.
  2. II. ( = χορηγία; cf. Lidd. and Scott), the preparing and bringing out of a chorus, Plaut. Capt. prol. 61; App. Mag. p. 282, 1; cf. Fest. p. 52; in plur., Val. Max. 2, 4, 6.
    Hence,
    1. B. Transf., of any other splendid preparation or equipment, Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 115: nuptiarum, App. M. 4, p. 157, 35: funebre, id. ib. 2, p. 123, 25.
      Trop.: gloriae, means of acquiring, Auct. Her. 4, 50, 63.
  3. III. In mechanics, a spring, Vitr. 10, 8, 4.