chordus

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.