chorda Latin · revision 32507

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=grc χορδή}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈkʰɔr.da]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈkɔr.da]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''chorda''' ''f'' (genitive chordae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

+ It is also spelled ''corda''.^(OLD 2012)^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|grc|χορδή|tr=khordḗ|t=gut, string of gut]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler connects the Greek word with [[ine-pro|*ǵʰer-|t=gut]].^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Plautus.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is first gut as food, tripe: in Petronius a guest lists pieces of tripe among the dishes.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Far more often it is a string of gut on a musical instrument: Cicero says that voices are stretched like strings, and Lucretius also uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Wiktionary also gives the sense of a cord for binding a slave.^(Wiktionary) Church Latin uses it of a string, a stringed instrument, a cord or a girdle.^(Stelten 1995) In Medieval Latin it is a cord or rope, a measure of length, and a fee for land surveying.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius of strings.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of voices stretched like strings.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * before 66 AD – Petronius of tripe.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * Middle Ages – a cord; a measure of length.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|tripe|alt=Tripe]], gut as food.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A [[m|en|string]] of a musical instrument, catgut.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Stelten 1995)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A [[m|en|cord]], rope; a girdle.^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)^(Niermeyer 1976)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A measure of length; a due for land surveying.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[chordacista]]

+ * [[septemchordis]]

+ * [[trichordis]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[decachordus]]

+ * [[monochordos]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Döderlein distinguishes chorda, a single string, from [[fides|alt=fidēs]], which in the singular and plural means a full set of strings or a stringed instrument.^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}