The corpus record — Latin

chorda

chorda · f

An intestine

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Where it lives

Copa, Appendix Vergiliana 1 · 42.19/10k
Epigrammata Ausonii de diversis rebus 1 · 2.74/10k
Carmina 5 · 2.23/10k
Saturae 1 · 2.21/10k
Remedia Amoris 1 · 1.91/10k
Medea 1 · 1.77/10k
Epistulae, Books VIII-IX 2 · 1.58/10k
Troades 1 · 1.47/10k
Achilleis 1 · 1.39/10k
Saturae 3 · 1.21/10k
Fabulae Aesopiae 1 · 0.91/10k
Elegiae 1 · 0.81/10k

Densest 12 of 18 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

chorda — Lewis & Short

chorda, ae, f., = xordh/. *

I An intestine, as food, Petr. 66, 7 (al. leg. cord.).— Far more freq.,

II Catgut, a string (of a musical instrument), Cic. de Or. 3, 57, 214; id. N. D. 2, 59, 149 fin.; Lucr. 2, 412; 2, 505; Tib. 2, 5, 3; 3, 4, 70; Hor. C. 4, 9, 4; id. S. 1, 3, 8; id. A. P. 348 al.—

B A rope, cord, for binding a slave: tunc tibi actutum chorda tenditur, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 55 Lorenz.

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. chorda (scan p. 142; entry #2106).

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