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αὐχήν, the neck, throat

αὐχήν, ένος, ὁ,
  • neck, throat, of men and beasts, Il. 7.12, Hes. Op. 815, Arist. HA 493a5, PA 691b29: rarely, gullet, Nic. Th. 350: in pl., of one neck, S. Fr. 659.4, Orph. L. 137, AP 5.27 (Rufin.).
      • 2 metaph., τὸν αὐ. ἱστάναι to be high-spirited, Philostr. VA 7.23; αὐχένα ὑψηλὸν ἀποθέσθαι Vett.Val. 261.16.
    • II metaph., any narrow band or connexion (like a neck):
      • 1 neck of land, isthmus, Hdt. 1.72, 6.37, X. An. 6.4.3.
      • 2 narrow sea, strait, of the Bosporus, Hdt. 4.85, 118; αὐ. πόντου, of the Hellespont, A. Pers. 72 (lyr.); of the point at which the Danube spreads from a single stream into several branches, Hdt. 4.89.
      • 3 mountain-pass, defile, Id. 7.223.
      • 4 neck of the thigh-bone, Hp. Art. 55; cervix uteri, Id. Steril. 230, Poll. 2.222 (but, pars vaginalis, Gal. UP 14.3); root of the tongue, Ruf. Onom. 57.
      • 5 handle of the steering-paddle in a ship, Poll. 1.90: in pl., Polyaen. 3.11.14, Hld. 5.28.
      • 6 an architectural member, αὐχένες δρύινοι SIG 2587.308. (Cf. αὔφην; ἄμφην Theoc. 30.28.)

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