νευρά, Ion.
νερτερο-ρή,ἡ, Ep. gen. sg.νευρῆφι(ν) Il. 8.309 , 15.313 , 21.113 :—
A. stringorcord 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 fromνεῦρον,
Arist. HA 540a19 ; μύες ἐβοήθησαν διατραγόντες τὰς ν.
Id. Rh. 1401b16
.
2. harpstring,
Poll. 4.62 .
3. strandof a torsion-engine, IG 22.554.15 .
4. withe,
LXX Jd. 16.7 .
5. wrongly taken by some, = νεῦρον , Il. 8.328 . (Cogn. withνεῦρον.)