[Meaning] cut,[1] 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 you stuff and fill the instestines full of every [sort of] mixture, thus mince and stir and stir up the affairs of state and mix up all the business, sweetening [the people] up a bit with your culinary speeches, using some relishes and dressing [them] with wicked acts."[2]
And Polybius says: "and there was a certain dandyism in most of them, exceeding their financial means."[3] That is, [their] supply.