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νεῦρον

neuron

n

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 21 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. νεῦρον · neuron — Chantraine

νεῦρον : n. «nerf, tendon » (11. 16,316 dit des tendons du pied, Hp., att., etc.), dit du membre de l’homme (com.}, «corde» faite avec des nerfs ou des boyaux (Il. 4,192), slien qui fixe la tête de la flèche » (IL. 4,151}, «corde» de toute arme de jet, d'une lyre, fibres d’une plante ; le sens de nerf comme organe de sensation est tardif chez les médec. ; s'emploie au figuré, cf. Ar. Gren. 862, PL Rép. 411 b. Rare … — [Chantraine, s.v. νεῦρον, p. 764]

2. νεῦρον · neuron — LSJ

sinew, tendon, tendons

sinew, tendon, once in Hom., in pl., of the tendons at the feet, περὶ δʼ ἔγχεος αἰχμῇ νεῦρα διεσχίσθη Il. 16.316, cf. Hp. Art. 11, etc.; τὰ ν. οἷα ἐπιτείνεσθαι καὶ ἀνίεσθαι Pl. Phd. 98c; ν. ἐξ ἰνῶν [γίγνεται] Id. Ti. 82c; σάρκες καὶ ν. ibid.; σύγκειταί μου τὸ σῶμα ἐξ ὀστῶν καὶ ν. Id. Phd. 98c, cf. Arist. HA 515a27, al.: used adjectivally, ib. 540a18 (s.v.l.).

b vein

ν. ἔναιμον vein, Hp. Liqu. 2, cf. Ruf. Onom. 208.

2 nerves, sinews

metaph., in pl., nerves, sinews, τὰ ν. τῆς τραγῳδίας, of the lyric odes, Ar. Ra. 862; ὑποτέτμηται τὰ ν. τῶν πραγμάτων Aeschin. 3.166; ἕως ἐκτέμῃ ὥσπερ ν. ἐκ τῆς ψυχῆς Pl. R. 411b; ἐκτ. τὰ ν. [οἴνου] Plu. QConv. 2.692c; also πόλις ἥτις μὴ νεῦρʼ ἐπὶ τοὺς ἀδικοῦντας ἔχει D. 19.283: less freq. in sg., τὸ ν. ὑποκόπτοντες τῆς δυνάμεως J. BJ 5.1.4; χρήματα ν. πολέμου App. BC 4.99.

II cord made of sinew, cord of a sling, bowstring

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 Hes. Op. 544; cord of a sling, X. An. 3.4.17, Q.S. 11.112; bowstring, Ach.Tat. 3.8.

2

= νευρά 3, Plb. 4.56.3, App. Mith. 107.

3 string

string of a lyre, AP 9.584.9, Luc. DMar. 1.4.

III fibres

in pl., fibres of plants, Pl. Plt. 280c.

IV nerves

nerves, as organs of sensation, first in Erasistr. ap. Gal. 5.602; ν. πρακτικά, αἰσθητικά, etc., Ruf. Onom. 211; ν. κινητικά, προαιρετικά, Gal. 2.613, 739; ν. ἀκουστικόν Alex.Aphr. Pr. 1.71, cf. Gal. 2.831, Plot. 4.3.23.

V penis

penis, Pl.Com. 173.19, Gal. 8.442. (Cf. Skt. sná̄van-, Avest. snāvarə, ‘sinew’, ‘bond’.)

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Where it came from

  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. νεῦρον (scan p. 764; entry #5608).

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