χορηγέω

A. lead a chorus, χορῷ Simon. 147, Pl. Grg. 482b (cf. signf.11): c. gen., χ. ἡμῶν Id. Lg. 654a: hence metaph., take the lead in a matter, c. gen., τούτου τοῦ λόγου Id. Tht. 179d.

II. of the χορηγός, defray the cost of bringing out a chorus at the public festivals, abs., χορηγεῖν, τριηραρχεῖν, εἰσφέρειν D. 18.257; ἐχόρευες, ἐγὼ δ’ ἐχορήγουν interpol. ib.265; χ. λαμπρῶς Antipho 2.2.12, etc.; κάλλιον Isoc. 19.36: freq. in Inscrr., Θεμιστοκλῆς ἐχορήγει· Φρύνιχος ἐδίδασκεν· Ἀδείμαντος ἦρχεν ap.Plu. Them. 5, cf. IG 12.770, etc.; also ὁ δῆμος ἐχορήγει IG 22.3079, al.: c. acc. cogn., χορηγίας χ. Antipho 5.77, Lys. 12.20; [τῇ φυλῇ] Luc. Dem.Enc. 45; χ. Ἀθηναίων Plu. 2.724b: freq. with a word to denote the occasion, Λήναια χορηγῶν Ar. Ach. 1155 (lyr.); χ. παισὶν Διονύσια D. 21.64; εἰς Ἀπολλώνια IG 11(2).106.1 (Delos, iii B. C.); ἀνδράσι χ. ἐς Διονύσια Lys. 21.2; χ. κωμῳδοῖς, πυρριχισταῖς, ib.4; τραγῳδοῖς Is. 6.60; κωμῳδοῖς IG 22.3090 (less freq. with the Art. added, χ. τὰ Διονύσια τοῖς τραγῳδοῖς Arist. Fr. 630); also Παναθηναίοις χ. D. 21.156:—Pass., to have choragi found for one, χορηγοῦσιν μὲν οἱ πλούσιοι, χορηγεῖται δὲ ὁ δῆμος X. Ath. 1.13; ἄριστα χορηγοῦνται οἱ παῖδες are well found by their choragus, Antipho 6.13.

2. metaph., minister to, χ. ταῖς σεαυτοῦ ἡδοναῖς Aeschin. 3.240; ταῖς ἐπιθυμίαις Luc. Par. 12; πρὸς ἐπαινον Lib. Or. 18.7; πρὸς μῆκος λόγου ib.13.26.

3. metaph. also,

a. c. acc. pers., furnish abundantly with a thing, esp. with supplies for war, χ. τὸ στρατόπεδον τοῖς ἐπιτηδείοις Plb. 3.68.8, cf. 49.11, 52.7, etc.; χρήμασι πρός τι Id. 5.42.7:—Pass., to be well supplied, τοῖς ἐκτὸς ἀγαθοῖς κεχορηγημένος Arist. EN 1101a15, cf. 1179a11: abs., κάλλιστα κεχορηγημένος best furnished, Id. Pol. 1288b14; κεχ.