χορδή

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

χορδᾱ́ (khordā́) — Doric

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer- (“bowel”). Cognates include Sanskrit हिर (hira), Latin hernia, and Old English ġearn (English yarn).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰor.dɛ̌ː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰorˈde̝/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /xorˈði/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /xorˈði/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /xorˈði/

Noun

χορδή • (khordḗ) f (genitive χορδῆς); first declension

(in the plural) guts, intestines, tripe
that which is made from guts:
1. string of gut, chord, especially of a lyre or harp
  1. (music) musical note
2. sausage, black pudding

Inflection

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Derived terms

βᾰρῠ́χορδος (barúkhordos)
δεκᾰ́χορδος (dekákhordos)
δωδεκᾰ́χορδος (dōdekákhordos)
δῐ́χορδος (díkhordos)
ἔγχορδος (énkhordos)
ἐκχορδόομαι (ekkhordóomai)
ἑνδεκᾰ́χορδος (hendekákhordos)
ἐννεᾰ́χορδος (enneákhordos)
ἑπτᾰ́χορδος (heptákhordos)
ἐπῐχορδῐ́ς (epikhordís)
εὔχορδος (eúkhordos)
κᾰτᾰχορδέω (katakhordéō)
μονόχορδος (monókhordos)
ὀκτᾰ́χορδος (oktákhordos)
ὀλῐγόχορδος (oligókhordos)
πεντεκαιδεκᾰ́χορδος (pentekaidekákhordos)
πεντᾰ́χορδος (pentákhordos)
πολῠ́χορδος (polúkhordos)
ποσᾰ́χορδος (posákhordos)
πρόσχορδος (próskhordos)
πᾰρᾰχορδῐ́ζω (parakhordízō)
σῠ́γχορδος (súnkhordos)
τετρᾰ́χορδος (tetrákhordos)
τρεισκαιδεκᾰ́χορδος (treiskaidekákhordos)
τρῐ́χορδος (tríkhordos)
χορδεύω (khordeúō)
χορδολογέω (khordologéō)
χορδοποιός (khordopoiós)
χορδοπώλης (khordopṓlēs)
χορδοστρόφος (khordostróphos)
χορδοτόνον (khordotónon)
χορδοτόνῐον (khordotónion)
χορδᾰ́ρῐον (khordárion)
χορδᾰψός (khordapsós)
χορδῐ́ον (khordíon)
ᾰ̓κροχορδών (akrokhordṓn)
ᾰ̓ντῐ́χορδος (antíkhordos)
ῐ̓σόχορδος (isókhordos)

Descendants

Descendants of χορδή in other languages

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Mariupol Greek: кордъа́ (korðá)
→ Latin: chorda (see there for further descendants)
→ Russian: хо́рда (xórda)

Further reading

“χορδή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“χορδή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
“χορδή”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
χορδή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
χορδή in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- chord idem, page 131.
- gut idem, page 379.
- sausage idem, page 735.
- string idem, page 826.
χορδή - ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ (since 2011) Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch) University of Chicago.
“χορδά”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter

Greek

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /xoɾˈði/

Noun

χορδή • (chordí) f (plural χορδές)

bow string
(geometry) chord (of a circle)
(music) string (of violin, piano, etc)
(anatomy) vocal cord, vocal fold
(physics) string
θεωρία χορδών ― theoría chordón ― string theory
any long, very thin structure

Declension

declension of χορδή

case \ number	singular	plural
nominative	Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) •	χορδές •
genitive	χορδής •	χορδών •
accusative	Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) •	χορδές •
vocative	Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) •	χορδές •

See also

συγχορδία f (synchordía, “musical chord”)

Further reading

Θεωρία χορδών on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el

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