Latin edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Of uncertain origin.[1] But see Latin hortus (garden), Ancient Greek χόρτος (khórtos, feeding ground, fodder).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

chordus (feminine chorda, neuter chordum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (originally, of animals) late-born
  2. produced late (or out of season)

Declension edit

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative chordus chorda chordum chordī chordae chorda
Genitive chordī chordae chordī chordōrum chordārum chordōrum
Dative chordō chordō chordīs
Accusative chordum chordam chordum chordōs chordās chorda
Ablative chordō chordā chordō chordīs
Vocative chorde chorda chordum chordī chordae chorda

Descendants edit

  • Italian: cordesco
  • Vulgar Latin: *cordārium (see there for further descendants)

References edit

  • chordus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • chordus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “cordus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 136