τένων
tenon
sinew, tendon
Appears 9 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
τένων, οντος, ὁ, (τείνω) A. sinew, tendon, ἀπέκοψε τένοντας αὐχενίους Od. 3.449; freq. in dual, ἄμφω ῥῆξε τένοντε Il. 5.307, al., cf. 4.521, Sc. 419; of the arm, ἵνα τε ξυνέχουσι τένοντες ἀγκῶνος Il. 20.478; of the foot, ποδῶν τέτρηνε τένοντε 22.396, cf. Ph. 42; τ. ποδός, the outstretched foot, Cyc. 400; ὁ τ. ὁ ὀπίσθιος the Achilles tendon, Fract. 11; ὁ τ. ὁ ἐν τῇ κνήμῃ τοῦ ποδός ib.16, cf. HA 515b9; τ. defined as a species of νεῦρον, 2.739, cf. 6.772: abs., for the foot, πτέρναι τενόντων θʼ ὑπογραφαί Ch. 209, cf. Med. 1166, Ba. 938; τένοντα σείων, of a mule, 62.3. II. metaph., mountain-ridge, Καυκάσιος τ. AP 4.3b.12 ().
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