νευρά

neura

string

Appears 17 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 11
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Book 4 3
Chapter ?

4118
4123
4125
Book 8 2
Chapter ?

8324
8328
Book 11 2
Chapter ?

11476
11664
Book 15 3
Chapter ?

15313
15463
15469
Book 16 1
Chapter ?

16773
Odyssey 6
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Book 19 1
Chapter ?

19587
Book 21 4
Chapter ?

2197
21127
21410
21419
Book 24 1
Chapter ?

24171

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.)

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