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chorda , ae, f., = χορδή. *
I. 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 Lorenz.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (7):
    • Horace, Satires, 1.3.8
    • Horace, Ars Poetica, 348
    • Plautus, Mostellaria, 3.2
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 3.57
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 2.412
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 2.505
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 2.59
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