# χορδή
## Ancient Greek
### Alternative forms

* χορδᾱ́ (khordā́) — Doric

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

χορδή • (khordḗ) f (genitive χορδῆς); first declension
* (in the plural) guts, intestines, tripe
* that which is made from guts:
** string of gut, chord, especially of a lyre or harp
*** (music) musical note
** sausage, black pudding
* This entry needs quotations to illustrate usage. If you come across any interesting, durably archived quotes then please add them!

#### Derived terms

* ᾰ̓κροχορδών (ăkrokhordṓn)
* ᾰ̓ντῐ́χορδος (ăntĭ́khordos)
* βᾰρῠ́χορδος (bărŭ́khordos)
* δεκᾰ́χορδος (dekắkhordos)
* δῐ́χορδος (dĭ́khordos)
* δωδεκᾰ́χορδος (dōdekắkhordos)
* ἔγχορδος (énkhordos)
* ἐκχορδόομαι (ekkhordóomai)
* ἑνδεκᾰ́χορδος (hendekắkhordos)
* ἐννεᾰ́χορδος (enneắkhordos)
* ἐπῐχορδῐ́ς (epĭkhordĭ́s)
* ἑπτᾰ́χορδος (heptắkhordos)
* εὔχορδος (eúkhordos)
* ῐ̓σόχορδος (ĭsókhordos)
* κᾰτᾰχορδέω (kătăkhordéō)
* μονόχορδος (monókhordos)
* ὀκτᾰ́χορδος (oktắkhordos)
* ὀλῐγόχορδος (olĭgókhordos)
* πᾰρᾰχορδῐ́ζω (părăkhordĭ́zō)
* πεντᾰ́χορδος (pentắkhordos)
* πεντεκαιδεκᾰ́χορδος (pentekaidekắkhordos)
* πολῠ́χορδος (polŭ́khordos)
* ποσᾰ́χορδος (posắkhordos)
* πρόσχορδος (próskhordos)
* σῠ́γχορδος (sŭ́nkhordos)
* τετρᾰ́χορδος (tetrắkhordos)
* τρεισκαιδεκᾰ́χορδος (treiskaidekắkhordos)
* τρῐ́χορδος (trĭ́khordos)
* χορδᾰ́ρῐον (khordắrĭon)
* χορδᾰψός (khordăpsós)
* χορδεύω (khordeúō)
* χορδῐ́ον (khordĭ́on)
* χορδολογέω (khordologéō)
* χορδοποιός (khordopoiós)
* χορδοπώλης (khordopṓlēs)
* χορδοστρόφος (khordostróphos)
* χορδοτόνῐον (khordotónĭon)
* χορδοτόνον (khordotónon)

#### Descendants

* Greek: χορδή (chordí)
* Mariupol Greek: кордъа́ (korðá)
* → Latin: chorda (see there for further descendants)
* → Russian: хо́рда (xórda)

### References

* ↑ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “χορδή”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1643-4

### 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”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
* “χορδά”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter

## Greek
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek χορδή (khordḗ).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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

#### See also

* συγχορδία f (synchordía, “musical chord”)

#### Further reading

* Θεωρία χορδών on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{el}$