νεῦρον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *snḗh₁wr̥ (“band, sinew”). Cognate with Latin nervus, English sinew, Sanskrit स्नावन् (snā́van, “tendon, muscle, sinew”), Old Armenian նեարդ (neard), and Avestan 𐬯𐬥𐬁𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬭𐬆 (snāuuarə).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

νεῦρον • (neûron) n (genitive νεύρου); second declension

  1. sinew, tendon
  2. cord, of a slingshot, bowstring
  3. strength, vigour
  4. plant fibre
  5. nerve
  6. penis

Declension

Second declension of τὸ νεῦρον; τοῦ νεύρου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ νεῦρον
tò neûron 		τὼ νεύρω
tṑ neúrō 		τᾰ̀ νεῦρᾰ
tằ neûră
Genitive τοῦ νεύρου
toû neúrou 		τοῖν νεύροιν
toîn neúroin 		τῶν νεύρων
tôn neúrōn
Dative τῷ νεύρῳ
tōî neúrōi 		τοῖν νεύροιν
toîn neúroin 		τοῖς νεύροις
toîs neúrois
Accusative τὸ νεῦρον
tò neûron 		τὼ νεύρω
tṑ neúrō 		τᾰ̀ νεῦρᾰ
tằ neûră
Vocative νεῦρον
neûron 		νεύρω
neúrō 		νεῦρᾰ
neûră
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → English: neuro-, neuron
  • → French: neuro-
  • Greek: νεύρο (névro)
  • → Russian: нейро́н (nejrón)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “νευρά (> DER > Also νεῦρον)”, 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

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