νευρορράφος
τὸ πεπρωμένον φυγεῖν ἀδύνατον → you can't escape your destiny | there is no escaping from destiny | it's impossible to escape from what is destined | it is impossible to escape from what is destined | what is fated is impossible to escape | if you're born to be hanged, then you'll never be drowned | he that is born to be hanged shall never be drowned | if you are born to be hanged then you'll never be drowned | if you're born to be hanged then you'll never be drowned| you can't outrun your fate | you cannot outrun your fate | you can't stop fate | that's the way the cookie crumbles
English (LSJ)
[ᾰ], ὁ, (
A νεῦρον 11, ῥάπτω) one who stitches with sinews, mender of shoes, cobbler, Ar.Eq.739, Pl.R.421a, etc. II one who makes strings for the lyre, Lycurg. Fr.100.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
νευρορράφος: ὁ, (νεῦρον ΙΙ, ῥάπτω) ὁ ῥάπτων διὰ νεύρων, ὁ διορθῶν ὑποδήματα, σκυτοτόμος, Ἀριστοφ. Ἱππ. 739, Πλάτ. Πολ. 421Α· πρβλ. ῥομφεῖς. ΙΙ. ὁ κατασκευάζων χορδὰς τῆς λύρας, Λυκοῦργ. παρὰ Σχολ. εἰς Πλάτ. ἔνθ’ ἀνωτ.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ος, ον :
qui coud avec des cordes à boyau ; ὁ νευρορράφος savetier.
Étymologie: νεῦρον, ῥάπτω.
Greek Monolingual
νευρορ(ρ)άφος, ὁ (Α)
1. αυτός που ράβει με σκληρή και ανθεκτική κλωστή
2. επιδιορθωτής υποδημάτων
3. κατασκευαστής χορδών λύρας.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < νεῦρον + -ρ(ρ)άφος (< ραφή < ράπτω), πρβλ. ιστιο-ρράφος, μηχανο-ρράφος].
