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χορδή

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: χορδή

Structure: χορδ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Sense

  1. (in the plural) guts, intestines
  2. string made of gut
  3. string, chord
  4. sausage

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • "ἐπαινεῖσ, ὃσ ἐφορεύων Φρύνιδοσ τοῦ μουσικοῦ σκεπάρνῳ τὰσ δύο τῶν ἐννέα χορδῶν ἐξέτεμε, καὶ τοὺσ ἐπὶ Τιμοθέῳ πάλιν τὸ αὐτὸ τοῦτο πράξαντασ, ἡμᾶσ δὲ μέμφῃ τρυφὴν καὶ πολυτέλειαν καὶ ἀλαζονείαν ἐκ τῆσ Σπάρτησ ἀναιροῦντασ, ὥσπερ οὐχὶ κἀκείνων τὸ ἐν μουσικῇ σοβαρὸν καὶ περιττὸν ὅπωσ ἐνταῦθα μὴ προέλθῃ φυλαττομένων, ὅπου γενομένων βίων καὶ τρόπων ἀμετρία καὶ πλημμέλεια τὴν πόλιν ἀσύμφωνον καὶ ἀνάρμοστον ἑαυτῇ πεποίηκεν. (Plutarch, Agis, chapter 10 4:1)
  • ἐκ ποτέρου τῶν μερῶν ἀποτέμῃ τὰσ πλείουσ τῶν ἑπτὰ χορδῶν. (Plutarch, Instituta Laconica, section 17 1:1)
  • ἐφόρων μάχαιραν λαβὼν ἠρώτησεν αὐτόν, ἐκ ποτέρου τῶν μερῶν ἀποτέμῃ τὰσ πλείουσ τῶν ἑπτὰ χορδῶν. (Plutarch, Instituta Laconica, section 17 3:1)
  • ἔξεστι δὲ καὶ νῦν βασανίσαι τἀληθέσ, ἢ βάρη δυεῖν ἄνισα χορδῶν ἐξαρτήσαντασ ἢ δυεῖν ἰσοκοίλων αὐλῶν τὸν ἕτερον μήκει διπλάσιον τοῦ ἑτέρου ποιήσαντασ· (Plutarch, De animae procreatione in Timaeo, section 17 5:1)
  • τῶν μὲν γὰρ αὐλῶν ὁ μείζων βαρύτερον φθέγξεται ὡσ ὑπάτη πρὸσ νήτην, τῶν δὲ χορδῶν ἡ τῷ διπλασίῳ κατατεινομένη βάρει τῆσ ἑτέρασ ὀξύτερον ὡσ νήτη πρὸσ ὑπάτην τοῦτο δ’ ἐστὶ διὰ πασῶν. (Plutarch, De animae procreatione in Timaeo, section 17 6:1)

Synonyms

  1. guts

  2. string

  3. sausage

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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