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νευρά

νευρά, a sinew, bow string

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νευρῆφιν feminine dative plural of νευρά

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νευρά, Ion. νευρή, ἡ, Ep. gen. sg. νευρῆφι( ν) Il. 8.309, 15.313, 21.113:—
  • string or cord of sinew, in Ep. usu. bowstring, ν. ἐϋστρεφής, νεόστροφος, Il. 15.463, 469; βαρύφθογγος Pi. I. 6(5).34, cf. S. Ph. 1005, E. Ba. 784, X. An. 4.2.28, etc.: made from νεῦρον, Arist. HA 540a19; μύες ἐβοήθησαν διατραγόντες τὰς ν. Id. Rh. 1401b16.
      • 2 harpstring, Poll. 4.62.
      • 3 strand of a torsion-engine, IG 2(2).554.15.
      • 4 withe, LXX Jd. 16.7.
      • 5 wrongly taken by some, = νεῦρον, Il. 8.328. (Cogn. with νεῦρον.)

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