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χορδή

chorde

guts, tripe

Appears 18 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

χορδή, 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. GA 787b23: 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. hirá̄ ‘vein’, hiras ‘strip, band, fillet’, Albanian zor̄e ‘entrails’, Lat. haru-spex, ONorse gǫrn ‘entrails’, garn ‘yarn’.)
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