νευρά

See also: νεῦρα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• νευρή (neurḗ) — Ionic

Etymology

From the same root as νεῦρον (neûron).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /neu̯.rǎː/ → /neˈβra/ → /neˈvra/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /neu̯.rǎː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /newˈra/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /neˈβra/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /neˈvra/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /neˈvra/

Noun

νευρᾱ́ • (neurā́) f (genitive νευρᾶς); first declension

1. bowstring

Declension

First declension of ἡ νευρᾱ́; τῆς νευρᾶς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
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	τοῖν νευραῖν toîn neuraîn	ταῖς νευραῖς taîs neuraîs
Accusative	τὴν νευρᾱ́ν tḕn neurā́n	τὼ νευρᾱ́ tṑ neurā́	τᾱ̀ς νευρᾱ́ς tā̀s neurā́s
Vocative	νευρᾱ́ neurā́	νευρᾱ́ neurā́	νευραί neuraí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • bowstring idem, page 92.
  • string idem, page 826.