λάρυγξ

English (LSJ)

υγγος, ὁ,

   A larynx or upper part of the windpipe, Arist. HA493a6; used in sounding the vowels, ib.535a32: but in Poets confused with φάρυγξ (gullet) (cf. Arist.HA535a29), E.Cyc.158; χωρεῖν κατὰ τοῦ λ. Pherecr.108.7, cf. Crobyl.8; of gluttons, ἀνόσιοι λάρυγγες Eub.139; ἐκ τοῦ λ. ἐκκρεμάσας τινά Ar.Eq.1363; τὸν λάρυγγ' ἂν ἐκτέμοιμί σου Id.Ra.575: metaph., λ. γλυκύς speech, LXX Si.6.4.    II = τραχεῖα ἀρτηρία, Meno Iatr.8.30.