The corpus record

χορτ-αῖος

chortaios

of, for a farmyard, a shaggy coat of skins

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What it meant

χορτ-αῖος · chort-aios — LSJ

of, for a farmyard, a shaggy coat of skins, rough coarse coat

of or for a farmyard (v. χόρτος 1):—χιτὼν χ. a shaggy coat of skins worn by the actor who played Silenus, expld. by μαλλωτός, D.H. 7.72, cf. Ael. VH 3.40: generally, rough coarse coat, Ar. Fr. 707a, Hsch.

II pasture

χορταία, ἡ (sc. γῆ), pasture-land POxy. 2113.19 (iv A. D., written κορτ-).

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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