λάρυγξ: Difference between revisions

|Definition=υγγος, ὁ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[larynx]] or upper part of the windpipe, [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Historia Animalium|HA]]''493a6; used in sounding the vowels, ib.535a32: but in Poets confused with [[φάρυγξ]] (gullet) (cf. [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Historia Animalium|HA]]''535a29), 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., [[λάρυγξ γλυκύς]] = [[sweet]] [[mouth]], [[sweet]] [[words]], [[sweet]] [[speech]], LXX ''Si''.6.4.<br><span class="bld">II</span> = [[τραχεῖα ἀρτηρία]], Meno ''Iatr''.8.30.