χοάνη
From LSJ
οὔτε σοφίας ἐνδείᾳ οὔτ' αἰσχύνης περιουσίᾳ → neither from lack of knowledge nor from superfluity of modesty
English (LSJ)
contr. χώνη,
A funnel, δίκην δὲ χοάνης (fort. ἀκοῇ δὲ χοάνην) ὦτα διετετρήνατο Ar.Th.18, cf. Ph.1.245; κύλικας ἀντλεῖν διὰ χώνης Pherecr.108.31; καταχεῖν ὥσπερ διὰ χώνης Pl.R.411a; as a name of the throat, Alex.Aphr.Pr.2.3; as nickname of a great drinker, Ath.10.436e. 2 Medic., funnelshaped hollow in the brain, also called ληνός, πύελος, Herophil. ap. Theophil.Corp.Fabr.4.5.5. 3 hollow behind the eye, cj. in Emp. 84.9 (pl.). II = χόανος, melting-pot, Posidon.48J., Dsc.5.75, AP9.528 (Pall.).—The form χοάνη is said by Moer.p.401 P. to be Att. (cf. IG12313.127, 314.144), χώνη Hellenic.
