chorda

chorda, ae, f., = χορδή. *

• An intestine, as food, Petr. 66, 7 (al. leg. cord.).— Far more freq.,
• II Catgut, a string (of a musical instrument), Cic. de Or. 3, 57, 214; id. N. D. 2, 59, 149 fin.; Lucr. 2, 412; 2, 505; Tib. 2, 5, 3; 3, 4, 70; Hor. C. 4, 9, 4; id. S. 1, 3, 8; id. A. P. 348 al.—
• • B A rope, cord, for binding a slave: tunc tibi actutum chorda tenditur, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 55 (744) Lorenz.

chorda (in Hdschrn. u. Ausgg. auch corda), ae, f. (χορδή), I) der Darm, Petr. 66, 7. – II) meton., die Darmsaite, Cic. u.a.: septem chordae (cordae) citharae, Varr. LL.: non didicit tangere chordas, Ov. – insbes., wie nervus, die Darmsaite als Fessel, tibi actutum chorda tenditur, die Saite (der Strick) wird schon längst für dich bereit gehalten, Plaut. Most. 743 zw.

chorda (corda) [CL < χορδή], ~um 1 tendon, ligament. in juncturis et articulis est quoddam consimile membrum, quod ligamentum vel ~a Latine, Grece autem tenentos dicitur Ric. Med. Anat. 218; Ps.-Ric. Anat. 42 (v. contrahere 1a); vis motiva ‥ est illa vis que operatur in nervis et in musculis et contrahit ~as et ligamenta membrorum ad invicem J. Blund An. 55; Gilb. VII 323. 1 (v. convicinari). 2 string of mus. instrument; b (fig.). me praesente stupet mox musica chorda fibrarum Aldh. Aen. 13 (Barbita) 4; [musica] in ~is sive aeribus et malleis vim suam et habet et ostendit Adel. ED 25; movens querulas digitis et in ordine cordas V. Merl. 168; concordes moveas digitis ex ordine cordas; / est citharista rudis quem dissona corda fatigat D. Bec. 1778–9; seu diatesseron seu diapente ~e concrepent, a B molli semper incipiunt et in idem redeunt Gir. TH III 11 (cf. ib.: aeneis quoque utuntur ~is, non de corio factis); numquid, cum cithara resonat, quelibet ~a sonum reddit? Neckam NR I 13; ~a cithare mota in aere facit sonum J. Blund An. 171.  b melus hic, sicut nec in gravibus, sic nec acutioribus cithare ~is modulandus, sed duntaxat in mediis H. Bos. LM 1301A. 3 chord (math.). omnis motus circularis super centrum recte motum motu centri subtendit ~am Gros. 9; diameter minoris corporis non equatur diametro majoris sed alicui ~e minoris portionis corporis majoris Bacon Maj. I 125; eadem est [proportio] diametri solis sive arcus celi huic ~e correspondentis ad totum arcum diei Ib. 231 (corr. ib. III 131); tangunt circulum non in extremis diametri sed in extremis ~e alicujus minoris ~a semicirculi Peckham Persp. I 24; in lineis arcualibus est proporcio secundum proporcionem suarum ~arum Wallingf. (Quad.) I 24; ~am rectam et versam cujuslibet arcus infra quartam circuli per arcum datum ‥ cognoscere Ib. (Rect.) I 418. 4 a bow-string. b string of crossbow. c cord of siege-engine. d (w. falsa) ‘false cord’. a 1190 pro c et lx arcubus duplicibus ~is ad munitionem castelli de Lond’ Pipe 3; 1209 (v. cheminum 1b); 1336 ccc arcus bonos ‥ ac ~as ad eos competentes RScot 457b; 1385 judicium collistrigii pro falsis ~is †arcuis (LBLond H 194) MGL I 608; 1393 c capita sagittarum et xl duodenas ~arum pro arcubus Cl 234 m. 11.  b 1204 in filo et ~is balistarum nostrarum Cl 9b; 1205 pro forulis et ~is et aliis necessariis ad balistas Pipe 221.  c 1253 (v. chordarius); 1300 in ~is ‥ emptis pro springallis regis Reg. Carl. I 180.  d 1327 per servicium reddendi domino regi j fusillum plenum filo crudo ‥ pro falsa ~a inde facienda pro balista sua LTR Mem 99 r. 57 (cf. ib. 100 r. 109: j grossa corda vocata fauscorde, sex ~is pro springaldis tenendis et xij ~is rectis et xvj petris pili pro eisdem emptis, dicto pilo filando et ~is inde faciendis). 5 (naut): a cord, rope (of rigging etc.). b mooring-rope, cable. a antempne sunt ~e quasi ‘ante amnem’ posite Neckam Ut. 115; 1295 (v. bastum); c1300 empcio ~arum et fili pro galea: item in ~is qui dicuntur upteyen, hevedropes, steyes, gerdingges, yerdropes, lestingges, stecingges, hanekes, haucers, baksteyen, towrop’ et aliarum KR Ac 501/23 m. 2; 1314 tres naves ‥ minus sufficienter cablis, anchoris, malis et ~is ac alio atilio preparantur RScot I 126a; 1355 (v. chordarius).  b 1285 de deodando de quodam batello cum quadam ~a DocCOx 197. 6 cord or rope (for haulage, fastening, suspension etc.); b (for hunting); c (for lowering bucket in well); d (for ringing bell); e (for curtain or veil); f (for hanging criminal); g (for making ladder); h (worn as girdle by Franciscans); i (for use as book-mark). 1185 pro j magna ~a ‥ ad castellum de Neth [Glam] Pipe 6; 1212 omnes aldermanni crocum aptum et ~am habeant (Consideratio facta contra incendium) MGL II 87; 1212 (v. bastum); 1214 (v. balancia 2); 1275 ad pannos cariandos usque Londonias, cum cariagiis et ~is Reg. Heref. 173; 1294 in ~is faciendis de ‥ feno RGasc III cxliii; s1298 W. Waleys construxit sepem ‥, longos palos in terram figens et cum funibus nectens et ~is Rish. 187; nodi ‥ sunt duricies pura, sicut nodus ~e non possibilis separari a loco in quo est Gad. 29. 1; 1319 sex roparios ad ~as faciendas departibus de Bridport eligi [facias] RScot 195b; 1364 due ~e de crine pro equis attachiatis in pastura Banstead 351; 1336 in ~is emptis pro providencia ligandi et trussandi Ac. Durh. 532; c1367 in j ~a continente xij fadomes pro luminari nove coquine, viij d. Ib. 569; 1371 in j ~a empta pro corpore Christi pendente in ecclesia Ib. 179; 1464 in diversis ~is emptis ‥ pro aula hospitali pro lectis pendendis Ib. 153; nisi fuisset cliencium industria concurrencium ad ~as [tentorii] et refigencium, ‥ corruisset ‥ edificium G. Hen. V 24.  b drengus ‥ vadit in magna caza cum ij leporariis et v ~is Boldon Bk. 37; 1255 invenit in ‥ bosco iiij ~as extensas circa j platum aque ad feras capiendas SelPlForest 113.  c 1162 in reparatione domorum regis de Clarendona et j ~a ad puteum Pipe 12; 1209 in ~a et utre ad puteum emptis multociens propter nimiam siccitatem Pipe Wint. 50 (= Crawley 190); 1255 abbatissa de Wylton’ debet invenire j ~am ad puteum castri Sar’ Hund. II 233; 1339 in quadam ~a empta ‥ pro eodem puteo [castri Dovor’] continente dc pedes in longitudinem ad hauriendum inde aquam per tempus guerre, xiij s. v d. KR Ac 462/15 m. 5.  d cum ad signa pulsanda ‥ fratrum turba concurreret ‥, illis ~as summa cum devotione trahentibus ‥ Ailr. Ed. Conf. 788D; s1191 episcopus ‥ campanarum ~as manibus [abbatis] electi contradidit Diceto YH 100; lignum campane crux est, dilectio vinclum; / est virtus humilis de stupis pendula corda Garl. Myst. Eccl. 42; 1253 in ~is ad campanas Ac. Build. Hen. III 238; c1295 campane ‥ †cardas non habent Reg. Ebor. 287; 1356 in j ~a empta pro campana dormitorii Ac. Durh. 564; 1435 pro invencione ~arum ad campanas viij d. singulis annis imperpetuum Test. Ebor. II 51.  e 1297 pro ‥ annulis, clavis et ~a pro curtinis circa lectum ‥ domini J. dependendis Doc. Scot. II 147; 1405 in ij ~is pro velo magni altaris Ac. Durh. 399.  f jussit eos ‥ suspendi ‥ fragiliori funi, qui cicius rumpi posset, ‥ sacramento ab xij viris hoc nefas executuris accepto ut numquam inde discederent donec rupta ~a cecidissent Hist. Meriadoci 347; s1387 jam meruimus ~as quibus suspendamur Eul. Hist. Cont. III 364.  g s1324 (v. custodia 4e).  h Francisci cordas non parvo tempore gessit Garl. Myst. Eccl. 653; s1318 nec ~a Minorum eidem prestabat confugium V. Ed. II 239; 1382 (v. cinctor).  i lector ~am ad illum locum transferet Obs. Barnwell 164. 7 measuring line. b linear measure (Yorks). c measure of wood or turf, ‘cord’. d measure of onions, (?) string. 1205 rex faciat perambulare per percam et ~am ‥ totum mariscum Pipe 211; 1253 tantum [terre] in longitudine et latitudine mensuratum cum ~a et perticha quantum est estimacio IMisc 8/4; 1523 moram per lineam et ~am ‥ diviserunt Form. S. Andr. I 52.  b 1271 (v. cristellare a); 1306 in servicio ij carpentariorum faciencium xxx ~as novi palicii inter parcum et gardinum Ib. 1079/17 r. 1 (cf. ib. r. 3d.: in xxxvij ~is foss[ati] ‥ purgandis); 1344 in xvij ~is fossati marini ‥ exaltandis Ib. 1082/5 r. 4 (2).  c 1250 duodena ~arum de tyl[ia] Pat 61 m. 4; c1250 debent habere de curia ad illud [bracium] siccandum ad unamquamque summam j fasciculum cum j ~a, ad duas summas cum ij ~is Reg. S. Aug. 27; s1356 concesserunt eidem ‥ sex ~as more ‥, ccc fagotas de boscis Meaux III 110; 1515 compotus ‥ magistri fabrice pontis: ‥ per empcionem j ~e continentis in pondere cxxix lib. Myln Dunkeld app. 93; 1583 concedimus ‥ libertatem ‥ capiendi ‥ maeremium nostrum ‥ pro complemento mcc ~arum ligni annuatim concess’ Pat 1158 m. 20; 1587 d ~a fagorum et ignilignarum quercuum, A. vocata fyve hundred cordes of beech and firewood okes Ib. 1269 m. 17.  d 1325 pro c ~is ceporum val. xv s. EEC 378.

chorda, (11) æ, f. (χορδή), ¶ 1 tripe : Petr. 66, 7 ¶ 2 [fig.] a) corde dʼun instrument de musique : Cic. de Or. 3, 216 ; Varro L. 10, 46 ; impellere pollice chordas Tib. 2, 5, 3, préluder sur la lyre ; b) corde, ficelle : Pl. Most. 743.

chorda , ae. f.
絃銅絲。繩。Aberrare in eadem chorda 同錯。Sociare verba chordis 陪絃唱歌。Tentare vel praetentare chordas 調絃。

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chorda ae, f

• , χορδή, catgut, a string (of a musical instrument): chordae intentae: resonat (vox) chordis quattuor ima, i. e. most acute, H.: Verba socianda chordis, by the lyre, H.: querulae, O.