χορδή

Ancient Greek

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

First declension of ἡ χορδή; τῆς χορδῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ χορδή hē khordḗ	τὼ χορδᾱ́ tṑ khordā́	αἱ χορδαί hai khordaí
Genitive	τῆς χορδῆς tês khordês	τοῖν χορδαῖν toîn khordaîn	τῶν χορδῶν tôn khordôn
Dative	τῇ χορδῇ têi khordêi	τοῖν χορδαῖν toîn khordaîn	ταῖς χορδαῖς taîs khordaîs
Accusative	τὴν χορδήν tḕn khordḗn	τὼ χορδᾱ́ tṑ khordā́	τᾱ̀ς χορδᾱ́ς tā̀s khordā́s
Vocative	χορδή khordḗ	χορδᾱ́ khordā́	χορδαί khordaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

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

Descendants

Descendants of χορδή in other languages

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

References

“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.

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χορδή (khordḗ).

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	χορδή •	χορδές •
genitive	χορδής •	χορδών •
accusative	χορδή •	χορδές •
vocative	χορδή •	χορδές •

See also

συγχορδία f (synchordía, “musical chord”)

Further reading

Θεωρία χορδών on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el

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