μεσαύχην
From LSJ
Τὰς γὰρ ἡδονὰς ὅταν προδῶσιν ἄνδρες, οὐ τίθημ' ἐγὼ ζῆν τοῦτον, ἀλλ' ἔμψυχον ἡγοῦμαι νεκρόν → But when people lose their pleasures, I do not consider this life – rather, it is just a corpse with a soul
English (LSJ)
ενος, ὁ,
A bound in the middle of the neck, μεσαύχενας νέκυας, comically for wineskins (ἀσκοί), Ar.Fr.725 (v.l. δεσαύχενας Hsch., Phot., βυσαύχενας Poll.2.135 cod. A).
German (Pape)
[Seite 137] ενος, führen die VLL. aus Ar. an, ἀσκοί, nach Hesych. οἱ ἀπὸ μέσου τοῦ αὐχένος δεσμευόμενοι, v. l. ist δεσαύχην, conj. βυσαύχην.
