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χορδ-ή

chorde

gut, catgut, string, sausage

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What it meant

1. χορδή · chordē — Beekes

χορδή [{] ‘gut, catgut, string, sausage’ (since ᾧ 407). 41Ὲ *forH- ‘intestine’> *COMP As a first member in χορδ-αψός [m.] ‘ileus, volvulus’ vel sim. ¢medic.); on connection with ἅπτω see extensively Strémberg 1944: 100f. Often as a second member, e.g. ἑπτά-χορδος ‘with seven strings’ (Arist.). *DER Diminutives χορδ-ίον [n.] (Milete V-IV*), -dpiov [n] (Alex. [lyr.]); further -εύω [v.] ‘to make sausages’, τευμα [n.] … — [Beekes, s.v. χορδή, p. 1694]

2. χορδή · chordē — Chantraine

χορδή : ἢν, au pl. eboyaux, tripes» (Bair., Phérécr., E., Ar.}, sing. «saucisse, boudin» (Cratin., Ar., etc.) + corde » d'instrument de musique, faite de boyau (Hom., H, Herm., Pi., Pl, etc.), d’où « note » de musique (Plb.), Au premier membre des composés : le plus ancien χορδ-αψός, maladie des intestins (Hp.); surtout avec le sens de corde musicale χορδο-πώλης s marchand de cordes » (Critias}, χορδό-τονος aux … — [Chantraine, s.v. χορδή, p. 1289]

3. χορδὴ · chordē — Frisk

χορδὴ f. “Darm, Darmsaite, Saite, Wurst’ (seit φ 407). Als Vorderglied u.a. in χορδ-αφός m. etwa “Darmverschluß, Darmverschlingung’ (Mediz.; zu ἅπτω , ausführlich Strömberg Wortstud. 100f.). Oft als Hinterglied, z.B. ἑπτά- χορδος “mit sieben Saiten’ (Arist. u.a,). — Davon die Deminutiva χορδ-ίον πῃ. (Miletos V-IV2), -ἄριον n. (Alex. in lyr.); außerdem -evw “Wurst machen’ mit -evua τι. “Wurstgericht’ (Ar.), xara- » … — [Frisk, s.v. χορδὴ, p. 2083]

4. χορδή · chordē — Frisk

χορδή. Hierher wohl heth. karat- "Eingeweide’, Laroche Rev. de phil. 3. ser. 42 (1968) 244f. — [Frisk, s.v. χορδή, p. 2316]

5. χορδ-ή · chord-ē — LSJ

guts, tripe

guts, tripe, Batr. 222, Pherecr. 130.9 (anap.), Ar. Fr. 687 (anap.), 461 (sg).

II that which is made from guts

that which is made from guts:

1 string of gut, string

string of gut, τὰ ὑποχόνδρια τελαμῶσι καὶ χορδαῖς διασφίγγει Sor. 2.29; in a loom, Arist. GA 787b23: esp. string of a lyre or harp (not in A. or S., once in E., v. infr.), Od. 21.407, h.Merc. 51, etc.; ἐν Αἰολίδεσσι χ. Pi. P. 2.69, cf. E. Hipp. 1135 (lyr.); χορδὰς ἐπιτείνειν, opp. ἀνιέναι, Pl. Ly. 209b; ἐν τῇ ἐπιτάσει καὶ ἀνέσει τῶν χ. Id. R. 349e; ὀξυτάτην καὶ βαρυτάτην χορδὴν ποιεῖν Id. Phdr. 268e; τὰς χ. ἀλλήλαις συνιστάντα Id. R. 412a: metaph., κινοῦσα χ. τὰς ἀκινήτους φρενῶν Trag.Adesp. 361

b note

musical note, Pl. Phlb. 56a.

2 sausage, black-pudding

sausage or black-pudding, χορδῆς τόμος Cratin. 192, cf. Ar. Ach. 1119, Nu. 455 (anap.): he puns on the two senses in Ra. 339. (Cf. Skt. hirá̄ ‘vein’, hiras ‘strip, band, fillet’, Albanian zor̄e ‘entrails’, Lat. haru-spex, ONorse gǫrn ‘entrails’, garn ‘yarn’.)

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