χορδ-ή, ἡ,
plural, guts, tripe, [[ Batrachomyomachia 222, 5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 130.9 (_anapaest meter_), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 687 (_anapaest meter_), 461 (sg). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II that which is made from guts:
__II.1 string of gut, τὰ ὑποχόνδρια τελαμῶσι καὶ χορδαῖς διασφίγγει [[ 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 2.29 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; in a loom, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 787b23 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]: especially string of a lyre or harp (not in [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus or 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus, once in 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus, see below), 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.407, “hymnus ad Mercurium” 51, etc.; ἐν Αἰολίδεσσι χ. 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 2.69, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1135 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 8th c.BC+]; χορδὰς ἐπιτείνειν, opposed to ἀνιέναι, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lysis” 209b; ἐν τῇ ἐπιτάσει καὶ ἀνέσει τῶν χ. [prev. author] “R.” 349e; ὀξυτάτην καὶ βαρυτάτην χορδὴν ποιεῖν [prev. author] “Phdr.” 268e; τὰς χ. ἀλλήλαις συνιστάντα [prev. author] “R.” 412a: _metaphorically_, κινοῦσα χ. τὰς ἀκινήτους φρενῶν “Tragica Adespota” 361. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.1.b musical note, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 56a. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 sausage or black-pudding, χορδῆς τόμος [[ 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 192, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 1119, “Nu.” 455 (_anapaest meter_)] Refs 5th c.BC+]: he puns on the two senses in [[ “Ra.” 339 ] Refs]. (Cf. Sanskrit hirā/ 'vein', hiras 'strip, band, fillet', Albanian zo[rmacr]e 'entrails', Latin haru-spex, ONorse g[oogon]rn 'entrails', garn 'yarn'.)