νευρά

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the same root as νεῦρον (neûron).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

νευρᾱ́ (neurā́f (genitive νευρᾶς); first declension

  1. bowstring

Declension

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “νευρά”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1010-1

Further reading

  • νευρά”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • νευρά in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • νευρή in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • νευρά”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • νευρά”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.