English → Latin
“chord” in Latin
chordatripe, intestine (as food); catgut, string of a musical instrument; rope, cord for binding a slavefidēsfaith; belief (belief without empirical evidence, direct experience, or observation); reliance (act of relying on or trunervusa cord, string, thong or wire; the leather with which shields were covered; a fiberbasisa pedestal, foot, base; the base of a triangle, chord of an arc; the lowest part of the shaft of a column
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
chord
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 (νιῦρον, chord of animal sinews or gut). To touch the chords, nervos tangere.
Of a (geometrical) are, basis (βάσις).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for chord?
- The usual Latin words for “chord” are chorda, fidēs, nervus; also basis. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.