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).[1]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kʰor.dɛ̌ː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kʰorˈde̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /xorˈði/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /xorˈði/
- (15th 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:
Inflection
| 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 tēî khordēî |
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 | ||||||||||
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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
Descendants
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[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- 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(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
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | χορδή (chordí) | χορδές (chordés) |
| genitive | χορδής (chordís) | χορδών (chordón) |
| accusative | χορδή (chordí) | χορδές (chordés) |
| vocative | χορδή (chordí) | χορδές (chordés) |
See also
- συγχορδία f (synchordía, “musical chord”)
Further reading
- Θεωρία χορδών on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el