ἐπίτονος
ον, ὁ
A.
on the stretch, strained, intense, D.S. 10.17 ; of sound, Philostr. VS 1.25.7.
II.
ἐπίτονος (sc. ἱμάς), ὁ, a rope for stretching or tightening, back-stay of a mast (opp. πρότονος), ἐπ’ αὐτῷ [ἱστῷ] ἐπίτονος βέβλητο, βοὸς ῥινοῖο τετευχώς Od. 12.423 (a στίχος ἀκέφαλος).
2.
ἐπίτονοι,οἱ, the great sinews of the shoulder and arm, Pl. Ti. 84e, Arist. HA 515b9 (sg.) ; νεύρων ἐπίτονοι Pl. Lg. 945c.