νεῦρον
νεῦρον
.νεῦρον, ου, τό,
a sinew, tendon; in pl., the tendons of the feet, Il., Plat.
metaph. in pl., τὰ νεῦρα τῆς τραγῳδίας, of lyric odes, their sinews, vigour, Ar.; τὰ νεῦρα τῶν πραγμάτων Aeschin.
gut, cord made of sinew, for fastening the head of the arrow to the shaft, Il.: the cord of a sling, Xen.