νευρά

neura

string

Appears 3 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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De Audibilibus 1
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Chapter 1 800a1–804b39

800b15
History of Animals 1
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Book V 1
Chapter 2 539b17–540a26

540a19
Rhetoric 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 24 1400b34–1402a28

1401b16

Dictionary (LSJ)

νευρά, Ion. νευρή, ἡ, Ep. gen. sg. νευρῆφι( ν) Il. 8.309, 15.313, 21.113:—A. 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 22.554.15. 4. withe, LXX Jd. 16.7. 5. wrongly taken by some, = νεῦρον, Il. 8.328. (Cogn. with νεῦρον.)

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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