νευρά
See also: νεῦρα
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- νευρή (neurḗ) – Ionic
Etymology
From the same root as νεῦρον (neûron).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /neu̯.rǎː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /newˈra/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /neˈβra/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /neˈvra/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /neˈvra/
Noun
νευρᾱ́ • (neurā́) f (genitive νευρᾶς); first declension
- bowstring
Declension
First declension of ἡ νευρᾱ́; τῆς νευρᾶς (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ νευρᾱ́ hē neurā́ | τὼ νευρᾱ́ tṑ neurā́ | αἱ νευραί hai neuraí | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς νευρᾶς tês neurâs | τοῖν νευραῖν toîn neuraîn | τῶν νευρῶν tôn neurôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ νευρᾷ têi neurâi | νευραῖν neuraîn | ταῖς νευραῖς taîs neuraîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν νευρᾱ́ν tḕn neurā́n | νευρᾱ́ neurā́ | τᾱ̀ς νευρᾱ́ς tā̀s neurā́s | ||||||||||
Vocative | νευρᾱ́ neurā́ | νευρᾱ́ neurā́ | νευραί neuraí | ||||||||||
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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.
- bowstring idem, page 92.
- string idem, page 826.