Nervus
1.
(
ξύλον, ποδοκάκκη, χοῖνιξ). A sort of stocks or pillory
for the confinement of criminals and the punishment of refractory slaves. Festus speaks of it
as confining both the neck and the feet; but its form is uncertain. All that is known is that
it had a framework of wood, with holes for hands, neck, and feet. See Plaut.
Poen. v. 4, 99;
Gell. xx. 1; and
Aristoph. Eq. 1047.
2.
(
νεῦρον). The string of a musical instrument.
3.
A bowstring.