χορδή
ἔγνω δὲ φώρ τε φῶρα καὶ λύκος λύκον → the thief knows the thief and the wolf knows the wolf, and thief knows thief and wolf his fellow wolf, set a thief to catch a thief
English (LSJ)
ἡ, pl.,
A guts, tripe, Batr.222, Pherecr.130.9 (anap.), Ar.Fr.687 (anap.), 461 (sg). II that which is made from guts: 1 string of gut, τὰ ὑποχόνδρια τελαμῶσι καὶ χορδαῖς διασφίγγει Sor.2.29; in a loom, Arist.GA787b23: 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 musical note, Pl.Phlb.56a. 2 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. hirā/ 'vein', hiras 'strip, band, fillet', Albanian zo[rmacr ]e 'entrails', Lat. haru-spex, ONorse g[oogon ]rn 'entrails', garn 'yarn'.)
