νεῦρον
νεῦρον,
τό,
A). sinew, tendon, once in
Hom., in pl., of the
tendons at the feet,
περὶ δ’ ἔγχεος αἰχμῇ νεῦρα διεσχίσθη Il. 16.316 , cf.
Hp. Art. 11 , etc.;
τὰ ν. οἷα ἐπιτείνεσθαι καὶ ἀνίεσθαι Pl. Phd. 98c ;
ν. ἐξ ἰνῶν [γίγνεται]
Id. Ti. 82c ;
σάρκες καὶ ν. ibid.;
σύγκειταί μου τὸ σῶμα ἐξ ὀστῶν καὶ ν. Id. Phd. 98c , cf.
Arist. HA 515a27 , al.: used adjectivally, ib.
540a18 (s.v.l.).
2). metaph., in pl.,
nerves, sinews, τὰ ν. τῆς τραγῳδίας, of the lyric odes,
Ar. Ra. 862 ;
ὑποτέτμηται τὰ ν. τῶν πραγμάτων Aeschin. 3.166 ;
ἕως ἐκτέμῃ ὥσπερ ν. ἐκ τῆς ψυχῆς Pl. R. 411b ;
ἐκτ. τὰ ν. [οἴνου]
Plu. 2.692c ; also
πόλις ἥτις μὴ νεῦρ’ ἐπὶ τοὺς ἀδικοῦντας ἔχει D. 19.283 : less freq. in sg.,
τὸ ν. ὑποκόπτοντες τῆς δυνάμεως J. BJ 5.1.4 ;
χρήματα ν. πολέμου App. BC 4.99 .
IV). nerves, as organs of sensation, first in
Erasistr. ap.
Gal. 5.602 ;
ν. πρακτικά, αἰσθητικά, etc.,
Ruf. Onom. 211 ;
ν. κινητικά, προαιρετικά, Gal. 2.613 ,
739 ;
ν. ἀκουστικόν Alex.Aphr. Pr. 1.71 , cf.
Gal. 2.831 ,
Plot. 4.3.23 .
V). penis, Pl.Com. 173.19 ,
Gal. 8.442 . (Cf. Skt.
snā´van-, Avest.
snāvar[schwa], 'sinew', 'bond'.)
ShortDef
a sinew, tendon
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">νεῦρον</span>, <span class="gen greek">τό</span>, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">sinew, tendon,</span> once in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hom.</span></span>, in pl., of the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">tendons</span> at the feet, <span class="quote greek">περὶ δ’ ἔγχεος αἰχμῇ νεῦρα διεσχίσθη</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:16:316" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:16.316/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 16.316 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg010.perseus-grc1:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg010.perseus-grc1:11/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Art.</span> 11 </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">τὰ ν. οἷα ἐπιτείνεσθαι καὶ ἀνίεσθαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:98c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:98c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phd.</span> 98c </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ν. ἐξ ἰνῶν [γίγνεται</span>] <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg031:82c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg031:82c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ti.</span> 82c </a>; <span class="foreign greek">σάρκες καὶ ν.</span> ibid.; <span class="quote greek">σύγκειταί μου τὸ σῶμα ἐξ ὀστῶν καὶ ν.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:98c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:98c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phd.</span> 98c </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:515a:27" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:515a.27/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HA</span> 515a27 </a>, al.: used adjectivally, ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:540a:18" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:540a.18/canonical-url/"> 540a18 </a> (s.v.l.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> <span class="quote greek">ν. ἔναιμον</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">vein,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg022:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg022:2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Liqu.</span> 2 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0564.tlg003:208" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0564.tlg003:208/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ruf.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Onom.</span> 208 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> metaph., in pl., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">nerves, sinews,</span> <span class="foreign greek">τὰ ν. τῆς τραγῳδίας,</span> of the lyric odes, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:862" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:862/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ra.</span> 862 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ὑποτέτμηται τὰ ν. τῶν πραγμάτων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0026.tlg003.perseus-grc1:166" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0026.tlg003.perseus-grc1:166/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Aeschin.</span> 3.166 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἕως ἐκτέμῃ ὥσπερ ν. ἐκ τῆς ψυχῆς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:411b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:411b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 411b </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἐκτ. τὰ ν. [οἴνου</span>] <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> 2.692c </span>; also <span class="foreign greek">πόλις ἥτις μὴ νεῦρ’ ἐπὶ τοὺς ἀδικοῦντας</span> <span class="quote greek">ἔχει</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg019.perseus-grc1:283" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg019.perseus-grc1:283/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 19.283 </a> : less freq. in sg., <span class="quote greek">τὸ ν. ὑποκόπτοντες τῆς δυνάμεως</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0526.tlg004.perseus-grc1:5:1:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0526.tlg004.perseus-grc1:5:1:4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">J.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">BJ</span> 5.1.4 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">χρήματα ν. πολέμου</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0551.tlg017.perseus-grc1:4:99" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0551.tlg017.perseus-grc1:4.99/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">App.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">BC</span> 4.99 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">cord made of sinew,</span> e. g. bowstring, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:122" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:4.122/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 4.122 </a>; string fastening the head of the arrow to the shaft, ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:151" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:151/canonical-url/"> 151 </a>; also <span class="quote greek">δέρματα συρράπτειν νεύρῳ βοός</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:544" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:544/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Op.</span> 544 </a> ; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">cord of a sling,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:3:4:17" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:3:4:17/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">An.</span> 3.4.17 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2046.tlg001.perseus-grc1:11:112" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2046.tlg001.perseus-grc1:11.112/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Q.S.</span> 11.112 </a>; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">bowstring,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0532.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0532.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ach.Tat.</span> 3.8 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> = <span class="ref greek">νευρά</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0532.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0532.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3/canonical-url/"> 3 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:56:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:56:3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plb.</span> 4.56.3 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0551.tlg014.perseus-grc1:107" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0551.tlg014.perseus-grc1:107/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">App.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mith.</span> 107 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">string</span> of a lyre, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> 9.584.9 </span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg067:1:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg067:1.4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">DMar.</span> 1.4 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> in pl., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">fibres</span> of plants, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg008.perseus-grc1:280c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg008.perseus-grc1:280c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Plt.</span> 280c </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>IV).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">nerves,</span> as organs of sensation, first in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Erasistr.</span> </span> ap. <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Gal.</span> 5.602 </span>; <span class="foreign greek">ν. πρακτικά, αἰσθητικά,</span> etc., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0564.tlg003:211" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0564.tlg003:211/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ruf.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Onom.</span> 211 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ν. κινητικά, προαιρετικά,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Gal.</span> 2.613 </span>, <span class="bibl"> 739 </span>; <span class="quote greek">ν. ἀκουστικόν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0732.tlg002:1:71" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0732.tlg002:1.71/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Alex.Aphr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 1.71 </a> , cf. <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Gal.</span> 2.831 </span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2000.tlg001:4:3:23" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2000.tlg001:4:3:23/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plot.</span> 4.3.23 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>V).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">penis,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0497.tlg001:173:19" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0497.tlg001:173.19/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.Com.</span> 173.19 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Gal.</span> 8.442 </span>. (Cf. Skt. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">snā´van-,</span> Avest. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">snāvar[schwa],</span> \'sinew\', \'bond\'.)</div> </div><br><br>'}