τένων

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. HA 515b9; 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. AP 4.3b.12 (Agath.).