χ395Χόρδευε
mince; make sausages
[Meaning] cut, that is, combine and mix together with each other; for they call the intestines of quadrupeds xordai/ ["sausages"]. So the word is said [to be derived] from the trade of the sausage-seller; "for just as…
Χόρδευε· τέμνε, τουτέστι σύμπλεκε ἀλλήλοις καὶ συγκύκα· τὰ γὰρ ἔντερα τῶν τετραπόδων χορδὰς καλοῦσιν. ἀπὸ τῆς τέχνης οὖν τοῦ ἀλλαντοπώλου τὸ ὄνομα εἴρηται· ὥσπερ γὰρ γεμίζεις καὶ…
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