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|Definition=Ion. <b class="b3">-ιη</b>, ἡ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">wind-pipe</b>, ἡ ἀ. μόλις ἀναπνεούσῃ ὑπεσύριζε <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Epid.</span>7.25</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">39</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>70d</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>493a8</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">de An.</span>420b29</span>; <b class="b3">ἡτραχεῖα ἀ</b>. (cf. <span class="bibl">11</span>) Timoth. ap. Meno.<span class="title">Iatr.</span>8.29, v. l. in Dsc.2.50, Luc.<span class="title">Hist. Conscr.</span>7, <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">M.</span>9.178</span>, etc.: in pl., <b class="b2">bronchial tubes</b>, ἆσθμα . . περὶ στήθεα καὶ ἀρτηρίας <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Epid.</span>7.12</span> (vulg. but prob. l. <b class="b3">-ίην</b>, = <b class="b2">trachea</b>), cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>78c</span>; πλεύμονος ἀρτηρίαι <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>1054</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">artery</b>, as distinct from a vein, αἱ φλεβῶν καὶ ἀρτηριῶν κοινωνίαι <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Art.</span>45</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">69</span>; τὰς δὲ φλέβας καὶ τὰς ἀ. συνάπτειν εἰς ἀλλήλας . . τῇ αἰσθήσει φανερὸν εἶναι <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Spir.</span>484a1</span>; <b class="b3">ἀ. λεῖαι</b> (cf. I) <span class="bibl">Gal.<span class="title">UP</span>8.1</span>, al.; <b class="b3">ἀ. φλεβώδης</b> <b class="b2">pulmonary vein</b>, ib.<span class="bibl">6.10</span>; believed to contain <b class="b3">πνεῦμα</b> by Erasistr., ib. <span class="bibl">17</span>, and derived fr. <b class="b3">ἀήρ, τηρέω</b> by Bacch. ap. Erot. s.v. [[ἀορτέων]]. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> = [[ἀορτή]], <b class="b2">aorta</b>, δύο εἰσὶ κοῖλαι φλέβες ἀπὸ τῆς καρδίης, τῇ μὲν οὔνομα ἀρτηρίη τῇ δὲ κοίλη φλέψ <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Carn.</span>5</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> in pl. of the <b class="b2">ureters</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Oss.</span>10</span>. (Contr. from <b class="b3">ἀερτηρία</b>, from <b class="b3">ἀείρω</b> 'attach' (q. v.), cf. [[ἀορτήρ]], etc.)</span>

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