νεῦρον
neuron
sinew, tendon
Appears 59 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
νεῦρον, τό, A. sinew, tendon, once in , in pl., of the tendons at the feet, περὶ δʼ ἔγχεος αἰχμῇ νεῦρα διεσχίσθη Il. 16.316, cf. Art. 11, etc.; τὰ ν. οἷα ἐπιτείνεσθαι καὶ ἀνίεσθαι Phd. 98c; ν. ἐξ ἰνῶν [γίγνεται] Ti. 82c; σάρκες καὶ ν. ibid.; σύγκειταί μου τὸ σῶμα ἐξ ὀστῶν καὶ ν. Phd. 98c, cf. HA 515a27, al.: used adjectivally, ib.540a18 (s.v.l.). b. ν. ἔναιμον vein, Liqu. 2, cf. Onom. 208. 2. metaph., in pl., nerves, sinews, τὰ ν. τῆς τραγῳδίας, of the lyric odes, Ra. 862; ὑποτέτμηται τὰ ν. τῶν πραγμάτων 3.166; ἕως ἐκτέμῃ ὥσπερ ν. ἐκ τῆς ψυχῆς R. 411b; ἐκτ. τὰ ν. [οἴνου] 2.692c; also πόλις ἥτις μὴ νεῦρʼ ἐπὶ τοὺς ἀδικοῦντας ἔχει 19.283: less freq. in sg., τὸ ν. ὑποκόπτοντες τῆς δυνάμεως BJ 5.1.4; χρήματα ν. πολέμου BC 4.99. II. cord made of sinew, e. g. bowstring, Il. 4.122; string fastening the head of the arrow to the shaft, ib.151; also δέρματα συρράπτειν νεύρῳ βοός Op. 544; cord of a sling, An. 3.4.17, 11.112; bowstring, 3.8. 2. = νευρά 3, 4.56.3, Mith. 107. 3. string of a lyre, AP 9.584.9, DMar. 1.4. III. in pl., fibres of plants, Plt. 280c. IV. nerves, as organs of sensation, first in ap. 5.602; ν. πρακτικά, αἰσθητικά, etc., Onom. 211; ν. κινητικά, προαιρετικά, 2.613, 739; ν. ἀκουστικόν Pr. 1.71, cf. 2.831, 4.3.23. V. penis, 173.19, 8.442. (Cf. Skt. snā´van-, Avest. snāvarə, ‘sinew’, ‘bond’.)
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