ἀρτηρία: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ion. [[ἀρτηρίη]], ἡ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[wind-pipe]], ἡ ἀρτηρία μόλις ἀναπνεούσῃ ὑπεσύριζε Hp.''Epid.''7.25, cf.39, Pl.''Ti.''70d, Arist.''HA''493a8, ''de An.''420b29; <b class="b3">ἡ τραχεῖα ἀρτηρία</b> (cf. ''ΙΙ'') Timoth. ap. Meno.''Iatr.''8.29, [[varia lectio|v.l.]] in Dsc.2.50, Luc.''Hist. Conscr.''7, S.E.''M.''9.178, etc.: in plural, [[bronchial tubes]], [[ἆσθμα]].. περὶ στήθεα καὶ ἀρτηρίας Hp.''Epid.''7.12 (vulg. but prob. l. -ίην, = [[trachea]]), cf. Pl.''Ti.''78c; πλεύμονος ἀρτηρίαι S.''Tr.''1054.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[artery]], as distinct from a vein, αἱ φλεβῶν καὶ ἀρτηριῶν κοινωνίαι Hp.''Art.''45, cf. 69; τὰς δὲ φλέβας καὶ τὰς ἀ. συνάπτειν εἰς ἀλλήλας.. τῇ αἰσθήσει φανερὸν εἶναι Arist.''Spir.''484a1; <b class="b3">ἀ. λεῖαι</b> (cf. I) Gal.''UP''8.1, al.; <b class="b3">ἀ. φλεβώδης</b> [[pulmonary vein]], ib.6.10; believed to contain [[πνεῦμα]] by Erasistr., ib. 17, and derived fr. [[ἀήρ]], [[τηρέω]] by Bacch. ap. Erot. [[sub verbo|s.v.]] [[ἀορτέων]].<br><span class="bld">III</span> = [[ἀορτή]], [[aorta]], δύο εἰσὶ κοῖλαι φλέβες ἀπὸ τῆς καρδίης, τῇ μὲν οὔνομα ἀρτηρίη τῇ δὲ κοίλη φλέψ Hp.''Carn.''5.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> in plural of the [[ureters]], Id.''Oss.''10. (Contr. from [[ἀερτηρία]], from [[ἀείρω]] '[[attach]]' ([[quod vide|q.v.]]), cf. [[ἀορτήρ]], etc.)