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|Definition=Ion. <b class="b3">-ιη</b>, ἡ, <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[wind-pipe]], 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. ''ΙΙ'') 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., [[bronchial tubes]], 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>, = [[trachea]]), 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> [[artery]], 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> [[pulmonary vein]], ib.<span class="bibl">6.10</span>; believed to contain [[πνεῦμα]] 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]], [[aorta]], 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 [[ureters]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Oss.</span>10</span>. (Contr. from [[ἀερτηρία]], from [[ἀείρω]] 'attach' (q. v.), cf. [[ἀορτήρ]], etc.)</span>