A.sinew, tendon, once in Hom., in pl., of the tendons at the feet, “π ε ρ ὶ δ ᾽ ἔγχεος α ἰχ μ ῇ ν ε ῦρ α διεσχίσθη” Il.16.316, cf. Hp.Art. 11, etc.; “τ ὰ ν . ο ἷα ἐπιτείνεσθαι κ α ὶ ἀνίεσθαι” Pl.Phd.98c; ν . ἐξ ἰν ῶν [γίγνεται] Id.Ti.82c; σάρκες κ α ὶ ν . ibid.; “σύγκειταί μ ο υ τ ὸ σ ῶμ α ἐξ ὀσ τ ῶν κ α ὶ ν .” Id.Phd.98c, cf. Arist.HA515a27, al.: used adjectivally, ib.540a18 (s.v.l.).
2. metaph., in pl., nerves, sinews, τ ὰ ν . τ ῆς τ ρ α γ ῳδίας, of the lyric odes, Ar.Ra.862; “ὑποτέτμηται τ ὰ ν . τ ῶν πραγμάτων” Aeschin.3.166; “ἕως ἐκτέμῃ ὥσπερ ν . ἐκ τ ῆς ψ υ χ ῆς” Pl.R.411b; ἐκ τ . τ ὰ ν . [ο ἴν ο υ ] Plu.2.692c; also πόλις ἥτις μ ὴ ν ε ῦρ ᾽ ἐπ ὶ τ ο ὺς ἀδικοῦντας “ἔχ ε ι ” D.19.283: less freq. in sg., “τ ὸ ν . ὑποκόπτοντες τ ῆς δυνάμεως” J.BJ 5.1.4; “χρήματα ν . πολέμου” App.BC4.99.
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” Hes.Op.544; cord of a sling, X.An.3.4.17, Q.S.11.112; bowstring, Ach.Tat.3.8.
3. string of a lyre, AP9.584.9, Luc.DMar.1.4.
III. in pl., fibres of plants, Pl.Plt. 280c.
IV. nerves, as organs of sensation, first in Erasistr. ap. Gal.5.602; ν . πρακτικά, α ἰσθητικά, 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, Pl.Com.173.19, Gal.8.442. (Cf. Skt. snā´van-, Avest. snāvar[schwa], 'sinew', 'bond'.)
