nervus ī, m cf. neu=ron, a sinew, tendon, muscle: nervi, a quibus artūs continentur: hoc nervos confirmari putant, Cs.

—A cord, string, wire (of a musical instrument): ut nervi in fidibus sonant: cantu vocum et nervorum et tibiarum personare, stringed instruments.

—The leather covering of a shield, Ta.

—A bow-string: adductus, O.: nervo aptare sagittas, V.

—A wire, string (controlling a puppet): Duceris ut nervis alienis mobile lignum, H.

—A prison: ne istaec fortitudo in nervom erumpat, bring you into durance, T.: eximere de nervo civīs, L.

—The penis, H., Iu.

—Fig., a sinew, nerve, vigor, force, power, strength: digna res est ubi tu nervos intendas tuos, T.: omnibus nervis mihi conitendum est, ut, etc.: opibus ac nervis ad perniciem suam uti, Cs.: nervi belli pecunia: vectigalia nervos esse rei p.: loci inhaerentes in nervis causarum, intimately connected with: nervi coniurationis, leaders, L.

—Of expression, force, energy: oratio nervos oratorios habet: sectantem levia nervi Deficiunt, H.