chordus

1.

chordus ( cordus, v. the letter C), a, um, adj. [a very ancient word relating to husbandry, of unknown etym.], lateborn, or produced late in the season:

dicuntur agni chordi, qui post tempus nascuntur,

Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 29; cf. Plin. 8, 47, 72, § 187; Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 19; 2, 2, 5: faenum, the second crop of hay or after-math, Cato, R. R. 5 fin.; Col. 7, 3, 21; Plin. 18, 28, 67, § 262:

olus,

Col. 12, 13, 2: frumenta, Paul. ex Fest. p. 65, 10.

2.

Chordus, i, m., a Roman cognomen; esp.:

H. Cremutius Chordus,

an historian of the times of Augustus and Tiberius, Quint. 1, 4, 25; Tac. A. 4, 34; Suet. Aug. 35; id. Calig. 16; Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 1, 2.