χορηγ-έω,
Boeotian dialect and Doric dialect χορ-ᾱγέω, [[ “IG” 7.3210 (Orchom.), 12(1).383 (from Rhodes)] Refs], etc.:— lead a chorus, χορῷ [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 147, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 482b (compare signification 11): with _genitive_, χ. ἡμῶν [prev. author] “Lg.” 654a ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: hence metaphorically, take the lead in a matter, with genitive, τούτου τοῦ λόγου [[ [prev. author] “Tht.” 179d. ] Refs]
__II of the χορηγός, defray the cost of bringing out a chorus at the public festivals, absolutely, χορηγεῖν, τριηραρχεῖν, εἰσφέρειν [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.257; ἐχόρευες, ἐγὼ δ᾽ ἐχορήγουν interpolated [prev. work]265; χ. λαμπρῶς 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.2.12, etc.; κάλλιον 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 19.36: frequently in Inscrr., Θεμιστοκλῆς ἐχορήγει· Φρύνιχος ἐδίδασκεν· Ἀδείμαντος ἦρχεν cited in 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Themistocles” 5, compare “IG” 12.770, etc.; also ὁ δῆμος ἐχορήγει “IG” 22.3079, +others: with _accusative_ _cognate_, χορηγίας χ. 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.77, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 12.20; [τῇ φυλῇ] 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Dem.Enc.” 45; χ. Ἀθηναίων 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.724b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: frequently with a word to denote the occasion, Λήναια χορηγῶν [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 1155 (Lyric poetry); χ. παισὶν Διονύσια 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.64; εἰς Ἀπολλώνια “IG” 11(2).106.1 (Delos, 3rd c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀνδράσι χ. ἐς Διονύσια [[ 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 21.2; χ. κωμῳδοῖς, πυρριχισταῖς, [prev. work]4; τραγῳδοῖς 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 6.60; κωμῳδοῖς “IG” 22.3090 ] Refs 5th c.BC+] (less frequently with the Article added, χ. τὰ Διονύσια τοῖς τραγῳδοῖς [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Fragmenta” 630); also Παναθηναίοις χ. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.156 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]:—passive, to have choragi found for one, χορηγοῦσιν μὲν οἱ πλούσιοι, χορηγεῖται δὲ ὁ δῆμος [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Atheniensium” 1.13 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄριστα χορηγοῦνται οἱ παῖδες are well found by their choragus, [[ 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 6.13. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]