χοάνη: Difference between revisions

|Definition=contr. χώνη, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">funnel</b>, <b class="b3">δίκην δὲ χοάνης</b> (fort. <b class="b3">ἀκοῇ δὲ χοάνην</b>) ὦτα διετετρήνατο <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Th.</span>18</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ph.1.245</span>; κύλικας ἀντλεῖν διὰ χώνης <span class="bibl">Pherecr.108.31</span>; καταχεῖν ὥσπερ διὰ χώνης <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>411a</span>; as a name of the throat, <span class="bibl">Alex.Aphr.<span class="title">Pr.</span>2.3</span>; as nickname of a great drinker, <span class="bibl">Ath.10.436e</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> Medic., <b class="b2">funnelshaped hollow in the brain</b>, also called <b class="b3">ληνός, πύελος</b>, Herophil. ap. Theophil.<span class="title">Corp.Fabr.</span>4.5.5. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">hollow</b> behind the eye, cj. in <span class="bibl">Emp. 84.9</span> (pl.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> = [[χόανος]], <b class="b2">melting-pot</b>, <span class="bibl">Posidon.48J.</span>, Dsc.5.75, <span class="title">AP</span>9.528 (Pall.).—The form <b class="b3">χοάνη</b> is said by Moer.<span class="bibl">p.401</span> P. to be Att. (cf. <span class="title">IG</span>12313.127, 314.144), <b class="b3">χώνη</b> Hellenic.</span>