λαιμός

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English (LSJ)

(A), ὁ,

   A throat, gullet, in Hom. always of men, βάλε δουρὶ λαιμὸν ὑπ' ἀνθερεῶνα Il.13.388; τὸν δ' Ὀδυσεὺς κατὰ λαιμὸν . . βάλεν ἰῷ Od.22.15; οὔ πως ἂν ἔμοιγε φίλον κατὰ λαιμὸν ἰείη οὐ πόσις οὐδὲ βρῶσις Il.19.209; λ. ἀπαμήσειε 18.34: metaph., neck of a bottle, AP 9.232 (Phil.): also in pl., E.Ph.1092; so of animals, Id.Supp.1201, Ar.Av.1560.—Rare in early Prose, as Hp.Cord.2, but commoner later, as Luc.Nigr.16, Gal.15.656, Porph.Marc.33, Jul.Or.6.193b.
λαιμός (B), ή, όν,

   A = λαμυρός 11, Heraclit.Incred.2 (cj.), Hsch.: neut. pl. as Adv., λαιμὰ βακχεύειν impudently, Men.106.