- φάρυγξ
- φάρυγξ [pron. full] [ᾰ], ἡ, less freq. ὁ (v. sub fin.), also [full] φάρυξ Ar.Ra.259 (lyr.), 571; gen. φάρῠγος (always in Hom., Trag. and Com. (exc.A
φάρυγγος E.Cyc.356
(lyr.)), as ib.410,592, Cratin.186,257 (troch.), Telecl.1.12 (anap.), Ar.Fr.614), laterφάρυγγος Nic.Al.363
: ([etym.] φάρος):—throat,φάρυγος δ' ἐξέσσυτο οἶνος Od.9.373
;φάρυγος λάβε δεξιτερῆφιν 19.480
; ὁ φ. εὐτρεπὴς ἔστω, for dinner, E.Cyc.215, cf. ll.cc.; ὦ μιαρὰ φ., of a glutton, Ar.Ra.571;ηὔξατό τις ὀψοφάγος ὢν τὸν φ. αὑτῷ μακρότερον γεράνου γενέσθαι Arist.EN1118a33
: of singing,κεκραξόμεσθά γ' ὁπόσον ἡ φ. ἂν ἡμῶν χανδάνῃ Ar.Ra.259
(lyr.), cf. Hp.Carn. 16, 18, Acut.59, al.—Used of the windpipe by Arist.PA664a16, 665a10, cf. de An.421a4, Gal.6.176; opp. παρίσθμια and λάρυγξ, ib.674, cf. 15.789,792, Aret.CA1.9;τὴν φ. κέρχνειν Diocl.Fr.147
; of the oesophagus by EM557.17; of the pharynx by Hp.Prog.23 (cf. Gal.18(2).264), Poll.2.207; both of pharynx and windpipe by Gal.UP8.1.II dewlap of a bull. Hld.2.1.III pl., of diseases of the throat, Hp.Aph.3.5.—The gender is indeterm. in Hom.: fem., in [dialect] Att., Phryn.46, cf. Cratin.and Ar.ll.cc., Pherecr.69, Th.2.49, Call.(?) Fr.331 (cf. Fr.51 P.); masc. in Epich.21, Telecl.1.12, E.Cyc.215, etc.: both genders in Hp., Arist., etc., and later writers (ἡ Aristid. Or.48(24).57, Ael.NA1.30, Paus.8.37.8, ὁ Plu.2.698f, Luc.Asin.38).
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