string
string
subs.
Thong: P. and V. ἱ̆μά̄ς, ὁ.
Small cord: Ar. and P. κᾰλώδιον, τό, Ar. σπαρτίον, τό.
String of things: Ar. and P. ὁρμᾰθός, ὁ.
String of dry figs: Ar. ἰσχά̆δων ὁρμᾰθός.
String of a musical instrument: P. χορδή, ἡ.
Bowstring: P. and V. νευρά, ἡ (Xen.), V. θῶμιγξ, ὁ.
Don’t let them have two strings to their bow: P. μὴ ἐπὶ δυοῖν ἀγκύροιν ὁρμεῖν ἐᾶτε (Dem. 1295).
Moved by strings (of puppets), adj.: P. νευρόσπαστος (Xen.).
Series: P. and V. διᾰδοχή, ἡ.
Row: P. and V. στοῖχος, ὁ.
subs.
Thong: P. and V. ἱ̆μά̄ς, ὁ.
Small cord: Ar. and P. κᾰλώδιον, τό, Ar. σπαρτίον, τό.
String of things: Ar. and P. ὁρμᾰθός, ὁ.
String of dry figs: Ar. ἰσχά̆δων ὁρμᾰθός.
String of a musical instrument: P. χορδή, ἡ.
Bowstring: P. and V. νευρά, ἡ (Xen.), V. θῶμιγξ, ὁ.
Don’t let them have two strings to their bow: P. μὴ ἐπὶ δυοῖν ἀγκύροιν ὁρμεῖν ἐᾶτε (Dem. 1295).
Moved by strings (of puppets), adj.: P. νευρόσπαστος (Xen.).
Series: P. and V. διᾰδοχή, ἡ.
Row: P. and V. στοῖχος, ὁ.
string
v. trans.
String together: Ar. and P. σῠνείρειν ; see also strung.
v. trans.
String together: Ar. and P. σῠνείρειν ; see also strung.
STRING
s. A thread line cord linea: linum: funiculus (a little rope Plin.). Proverbially. To have two strings to one’s bow duobus sellis sedere (Laber. ap. Sen. Controv. 3 18 fin.)
Of a musical instrument chorda (χορδή) or in pure Latin fides (but fides is always used in the plur. = “the strings ” except Cic. Fin. 4 27 75 and in poetry): nervus (νεῦρον string of animal sinews or gut). Τo touch the chords nervos tangere.
s. A thread line cord linea: linum: funiculus (a little rope Plin.). Proverbially. To have two strings to one’s bow duobus sellis sedere (Laber. ap. Sen. Controv. 3 18 fin.)
Of a musical instrument chorda (χορδή) or in pure Latin fides (but fides is always used in the plur. = “the strings ” except Cic. Fin. 4 27 75 and in poetry): nervus (νεῦρον string of animal sinews or gut). Τo touch the chords nervos tangere.
v. inserere lino (to put on a thread; e.g. margaritas Tert. Hab. Mul. 9): resticulam or resticulas perserere per etc. (to put a cord or string through anything in order to hang it up; e.g. resticulas per ficos maturas perserere Varr. R.R. 1 41 5): nervo nervis aptare (to put a string or strings to a musical instrument). A stringed instrument fides -ium plur.
string (subs.):
I. In general sense:
1. līnea: a s. of pearls, l. margaritarum, Scaev. Dig. 35, 2, 26: cf. Mart. 8, 78, 7, linea dives (of strings of pearls thrown among the people at the public games): a hen is kept prisoner with its leg tied by a long s., ligato pede longa l. gallina custoditur, Col. 8, 11, 15.
2. līnum: (of a letter) we cut the s. (or thread), linum incidimus, Cic. Cat. 3, 5, 10: cf. Pl. Bac. 4, 4, 64: v. also THREAD .
3. restĭcŭla (a small cord): v.TO STRING (I.). Phr.: to break the s., vincula linea rumpere, Virg. Aen. 5, 510: they tighten the purse-s.s, praebent exigue sumptum, Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 33. (For lit. sense, *crumenam astringere s. contrahere, may serve): to tie with s. (may be expr. by) ligare s. circumdare (v. TO BIND , I.: TO TIE ) linea, etc. (v. supr.).
II. A shoe-string:
1. corrĭgia: v.LATCHET .
2. hăbēna: the other parts (of the foot) are bound with (shoe-)s.s, cetera habenis vincta sunt, Gell. 13, 21, med.
III. A musical string:
1. chorda: Calliope tries beforehand with her finger the plaintive s.s, C. querulas praetentat pollice c., Ov. M. 5, 339: cf. Cic. de Or. 3, 57, 216: v. alsoTO STRIKE (A., II.).
2. nervus: the lyre cunning in resounding with seven s.s, testudo resonare septem callida nervis, Hor. Od. 3, 11, 3: Cic. Brut. 54, 199.
3. fīlum: to handle the harmonious s.s of the lyre, tractare consona f. lyrae, Ov. Am. 1, 8, 60.
4. fĭdes, ium, f. (a stringed instrument): v.TO STRING (II., Phr.). Phr.: to harp on the same s., cantilenam eandem canere, Ter. Ph. 3, 2, 10 incudem eandem tundere, Cic. de Or. 3, 27, 106.
IV. A bow-string: nervus to fit arrows to the s., nervo aptare sagittas, Virg. Aen. 10, 131: Lucan. Prov.: to have two s.s to one's bow, (1.) duplici spe utier (i. e. uti), Ter. Ph. 4, 2, 13. (2.) duabus sellis sedere (to keep in with both parties), Laber. in Sen. Contr. 3, 18, fin.
V. In anatom., a tendon: nervus: Cic.: v.TENDON , SINEW , HAMSTRING (subs. and v.). Phr.: the s. of the tongue is cut by the surgeon's knife and loosened, lingua inhaerens scalpello resecta liberatur, based on Cic. Div. 2, 46, 96.
VI. In botany, a fibre: q. v.
VII. Fig.: a series or succession, q. v.: sĕries.
I. In general sense:
1. līnea: a s. of pearls, l. margaritarum, Scaev. Dig. 35, 2, 26: cf. Mart. 8, 78, 7, linea dives (of strings of pearls thrown among the people at the public games): a hen is kept prisoner with its leg tied by a long s., ligato pede longa l. gallina custoditur, Col. 8, 11, 15.
2. līnum: (of a letter) we cut the s. (
3. restĭcŭla (a small cord): v.
II. A shoe-string:
1. corrĭgia: v.
2. hăbēna: the other parts (of the foot) are bound with (shoe-)s.s, cetera habenis vincta sunt, Gell. 13, 21, med.
III. A musical string:
1. chorda: Calliope tries beforehand with her finger the plaintive s.s, C. querulas praetentat pollice c., Ov. M. 5, 339: cf. Cic. de Or. 3, 57, 216: v. also
2. nervus: the lyre cunning in resounding with seven s.s, testudo resonare septem callida nervis, Hor. Od. 3, 11, 3: Cic. Brut. 54, 199.
3. fīlum: to handle the harmonious s.s of the lyre, tractare consona f. lyrae, Ov. Am. 1, 8, 60.
4. fĭdes, ium, f. (a stringed instrument): v.
IV. A bow-string: nervus to fit arrows to the s., nervo aptare sagittas, Virg. Aen. 10, 131: Lucan. Prov.: to have two s.s to one's bow, (1.) duplici spe utier (i. e. uti), Ter. Ph. 4, 2, 13. (2.) duabus sellis sedere (to keep in with both parties), Laber. in Sen. Contr. 3, 18, fin.
V. In anatom., a tendon: nervus: Cic.: v.
VI. In botany, a fibre: q. v.
VII. Fig.: a series or succession, q. v.: sĕries.
string (v.):
I. To connect by a string: perh. *colligare linea, etc. (v.STRING , subs., I.). Phr.: to s. ripe figs, resticulas (cords) per ficos maturas perserere (to pierce through), Varr. R. R. 1, 41, 5: pearls strung, (margaritae) pertusae in linea (opp. extricatae, loose), Ulp. Dig. 9, 2, 27, fin. [For to s. together, v. TO CONNECT .]
II. To furnish a musical instrument with strings: Phr.: to s. a lyre, fides contendere nervis, based on Cic. Fin. 4, 27, 75: *lyram intendere nervis (Georg.): *lyrae, citharae, etc., nervos aptare (Ainsw.): a s.'d instrument, (1.) fĭdes, ium: to play on a s.'d instrument, fidibus canere, Cic. Div. 2, 59, 122. (2.) nervi: Cic. Rosc. Am. 46, 134: Virg. Aen. 9, 773.
I. To connect by a string: perh. *colligare linea, etc. (v.
II. To furnish a musical instrument with strings: Phr.: to s. a lyre, fides contendere nervis, based on Cic. Fin. 4, 27, 75: *lyram intendere nervis (Georg.): *lyrae, citharae, etc., nervos aptare (Ainsw.): a s.'d instrument, (1.) fĭdes, ium: to play on a s.'d instrument, fidibus canere, Cic. Div. 2, 59, 122. (2.) nervi: Cic. Rosc. Am. 46, 134: Virg. Aen. 9, 773.
νευρά
a sinew, bow string
to fasten together in rows, to string
θῶμιγξ
a cord, string
μέρμις
a cord, string, rope
μήρινθος
a cord, line, string
σειρά
a cord, rope, string, band
σιμίκιον
a musical instrument of thirty-five strings
σπίλη
strings of gut
σφῆκος
string of figs (?)
χορδά
string
χορδή
gut, gut string, sausage
ἀσκοδέτης
string for wineskins
ἄεμμα
bow-string
ὀμφαλίς
navel-string
ὁρμαθός
a string, chain
a sinew, bow string
appearing fewer than 50 times
εἴρωto fasten together in rows, to string
θῶμιγξ
a cord, string
μέρμις
a cord, string, rope
μήρινθος
a cord, line, string
σειρά
a cord, rope, string, band
σιμίκιον
a musical instrument of thirty-five strings
σπίλη
strings of gut
σφῆκος
string of figs (?)
χορδά
string
χορδή
gut, gut string, sausage
ἀσκοδέτης
string for wineskins
ἄεμμα
bow-string
ὀμφαλίς
navel-string
ὁρμαθός
a string, chain
string
Strings
- Amphion adds three new strings to lyre: Paus. 9.5.7, Paus. 9.8.4
- Timotheus adds four new strings to lute: Paus. 3.12.10