different between supervision vs choragus

English

Etymology

From Latin supervisi?

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?sup??v???n/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s(j)u?p??v???n/
• Hyphenation: su?per?vi?sion

Noun

supervision (countable and uncountable, plural supervisions)

1. (uncountable) The act or instance of supervising.

   Under his parents' supervision he drilled the holes in the wood.

2. (uncountable) Responsible oversight.

   Do not attempt this without adequate supervision.

3. (countable, Cambridge University) A tutorial session for an individual student or a small group.

Related terms

• supervise

Translations

French

Noun

supervision f (plural supervisions)

1. supervision

English

Etymology

From Latin choragus, from Ancient Greek ????? (khorós, “chorus”) + ??? (ág?, “I lead”).

Noun

choragus (plural choragi)

1. (historical, Ancient Greece) A chorus leader, especially one who provided at his own expense and under his own supervision one of the choruses for the musical contests at Athens.

Latin

Etymology

Ancient Greek ????? (khorós, “chorus”) + ??? (ág?, “I lead”)

Noun

chor?gus m (genitive chor?g?); second declension

1. The person in charge of a chorus

Declension

Second-declension noun.

References

• choragus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• choragus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• choragus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette