ἀορτή

English (LSJ)

ἡ, (ἀείρω) in pl.,

   A = βρόγχια, Hp.Loc.Hom.14 (where Littré reads ἀορτρέων, -τρῃσι), Coac.394, cf. Ruf.Onom.159.    2 the arteries springing from the heart, i.e. aorta and pulmonary artery, Hp.Cord.10; esp. in sg., the aorta, Arist.HA496a7, 513b4, etc.: in pl., arteries, Poll.2.205.    II knapsack that hung from the shoulders, Men.331, Diph.40, Posidipp.10, cf. Poll.7.79, 10.139.    III point of suspension of a balance, Theol.Ar.29.