τένων

English (LSJ)

οντος, ὁ, (τείνω)

   A sinew, tendon, ἀπέκοψε τένοντας αὐχενίους Od.3.449; freq. in dual, ἄμφω ῥῆξε τένοντε Il.5.307, al., cf. 4.521, Hes.Sc.419; of the arm, ἵνα τε ξυνέχουσι τένοντες ἀγκῶνος Il.20.478; of the foot, ποδῶν τέτρηνε τένοντε 22.396, cf. E.Ph.42; τ. ποδός, the outstretched foot, Id.Cyc.400; ὁ τ. ὁ ὀπίσθιος the Achilles tendon, Hp.Fract.11; ὁ τ. ὁ ἐν τῇ κνήμῃ τοῦ ποδός ib.16, cf. Arist.HA515b9; τ. defined as a species of νεῦρον, Gal.2.739, cf. 6.772: abs., for the foot, πτέρναι τενόντων θ' ὑπογραφαί A.Ch.209, cf. E.Med.1166, Ba. 938; τένοντα σείων, of a mule, Babr.62.3.    II metaph., mountain-ridge, Καυκάσιος τ. AP4.3b.12 (Agath.).