χόρῐον, τό,
membrane that encloses the foetus in the womb, afterbirth, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ φύσιος παιδίου” 16, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 562a6, 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 3.150, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “de Usu Partium” 15.4, 2nd c.AD: Rufus Medicus “περὶ ὀνομασίας” 230, 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “ad Marcellam - Porphyrii Opuscula” 32, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; certain animals are said to eat it, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 611a18, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Fragmenta” 175; compare ἀμνίον 1.2. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2 membrane round the inside of the egg, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 754a1. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II any intestinal membrane: hence in plural χόρια, τά, a dish made by stuffing it with honey and milk, haggis, [[ 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 326, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 569.4, 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 172.17, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 9.19, ubi see Scholia ] Refs 5th c.BC+] —It is uncertain to which of these senses is to be referred the proverbial χαλεπὸν χορίω κύνα γεῦσαι 'don't let a dog taste blood', [[ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 10.11. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]