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nervus.

sinew/muscle/nerve; hamstring; tendon (as material); stringed instrument (pl.); strength; vigor, nerve, force, power; sexual power, virility; penis (rude); string/cord; bowstring; bow; (leather) thong; fetter (for prisoner); prison;

6 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈnɛr.wʊs]Classical-Latin[ˈnɛr.vus]

  1. a sinew, tendon, nerve a muscle

    declension-2 · masculine

  2. a sinew, tendon, nerve vigor, force, power, strength, energy, nerve

    declension-2 · figuratively · masculine

  3. a sinew, tendon, nerve the penis

    also · declension-2 · in-plural · masculine

  4. a cord, string, thong or wire

    declension-2 · masculine

  5. a cord, string, thong or wire the string of a musical instrument

    declension-2 · masculine

  6. a cord, string, thong or wire the string of a musical instrument a lyre

    declension-2 · in-plural · masculine

  7. a cord, string, thong or wire a bowstring

    declension-2 · masculine

  8. a cord, string, thong or wire a bowstring a bow

    declension-2 · masculine

  9. a cord, string, thong or wire cords or wires by which a puppet is moved

    declension-2 · masculine

  10. a cord, string, thong or wire a thong or iron chains with which a person's feet (or neck) was bound: fetters

    declension-2 · masculine

  11. a cord, string, thong or wire a thong or iron chains with which a person's feet (or neck) was bound: fetters a prison

    declension-2 · masculine · metonymically

  12. the leather with which shields were covered

    declension-2 · masculine

  13. a fiber

    declension-2 · masculine
Where this word comes from

By a metathesis of Old Latin *neuros, from Proto-Italic *(s)nēuros, a thematicization of Proto-Indo-European *snḗh₁wr̥ (“sinew, tendon”). Cognates include Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron, “tendon, string, nerve”), Old English sinu (“tendon, nerve, sinew”). More at English nerve.

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