χορδή

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ἀλλ' οὐκ οἰωνοῖσιν ἐρύσσατο κῆρα μέλαιναν → by no augury could he ward off black death

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Transliteration A: chordḗ Transliteration B: chordē Transliteration C: chordi Beta Code: xordh/

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'.)

German (Pape)

[Seite 1364] ἡ, der D arm, die Darmsaite; Od. 21, 407; h. Merc. 51; Αἰολίδες Pind. P. 2, 69; auch die Darmsehne am Bogen, Batrach. 225; ὑπ' ἄντογι χορδᾶν Eur. Hipp. 1135; ἐπιστάμενος ὡς οἷὁντε όξυτάτην καὶ βαρυτάτην χορδὴν ποιεῖν Plat. Phaedr. 268 d; ἡ λύρα καὶ αἱ χορδαί Phaed. 86 a, u. öfter. – Auch die Wurst, Ar. Ach. 1084 Nub. 454; Sophil. bei Ath. 125 e, vgl. 94 c.