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|Definition=[ᾰ], ὁ, Dor. τράχᾱλος <span class="title">IG</span>42(1).122.3, al. (Epid., iv B. C.): heterocl. pl. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> τράχηλα <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Fr.</span>98</span> (= <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Iamb.</span>1.147</span>):—<b class="b2">neck, throat</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.40</span>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Aph.</span>4.35</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Cyc.</span>608</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">Sor.1.84</span>, Gal.6.151, etc.; distd. fr. <b class="b3">αὐχήν</b> by <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>253e</span> (<b class="b3">τράχηλος</b> being, acc. to <span class="title">Gp.</span>19.2.3, <b class="b2">the whole neck and throat</b>, <b class="b3">αὐχήν</b> the back part of the neck in human beings, the upper part in animals; this difference is observed in <span class="bibl">Sor.<span class="title">Fasc.</span>37</span> (cf. [[αὐχήν]] in <span class="bibl">38</span>,<span class="bibl">39</span>,<span class="bibl">40</span>,<span class="bibl">41</span>), Adam.2.21; but <b class="b3">αὐχήν</b> in <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Prog.</span>23</span> is glossed <b class="b3">τράχηλος</b> by Gal.18(2).264, cf. <span class="bibl">Ruf. <span class="title">Onom.</span>66</span>, <span class="bibl">Poll.2.130</span>; in LXX, <b class="b2">NT</b>, and Pap. <b class="b3">τ</b>. is more freq. than <b class="b3">αὐχήν</b>) ; τ. σώματος χωρὶς τεμών <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span>241</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Supp.</span>716</span>; <b class="b3">ἀποτεμεῖν, ἀποκόψαι</b>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Art.</span>29</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Flam.</span>18</span>, etc.; βρόχον δ' ἐνίαλλε τραχήλῳ <span class="bibl">Theoc.23.51</span>; <b class="b3">ἐς τ. πεσεῖν</b> break one's <b class="b2">neck</b>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Tr.</span>755</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τ. ὠθεῖν τινα</b> thrust <b class="b2">head-foremost</b>, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">DMort.</span>27.1</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Merc.Cond.</span>39</span>; εἰς τ. <span class="bibl">Poll.2.135</span>; ἐπιπεσεῖν ἐπὶ τὸν τ. τινός <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Ge.</span>46.29</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Luc.</span>15.20</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν βρόχῳ τὸν τ. ἔχων νομοθετεῖ</b> with a halter round his <b class="b2">neck</b>, <span class="bibl">D.24.139</span>; <b class="b3">ἔδει σε ἐν τῷ σῷ τ. ἐμπαίζειν</b> at the risk of your own <b class="b2">neck</b>, PTeb.758.2 (ii B. C.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">neck</b> of animals, of the horse, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Eq.</span>1.8</span>; the hare, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Cyn.</span>5.30</span>; the camel, Plu.2.1125b, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span>469.6</span> (ii A. D.); <b class="b2">the neck</b> as a joint of meat, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Demetr.</span> 11</span>; of a fowl, Gal.6.788. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> of parts <b class="b2">resembling the neck</b>, e. g. <b class="b2">upper part of the murex</b>, <span class="bibl">Eub.66</span>, <span class="bibl">Posidipp.14</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>547a16</span>, <span class="bibl">Ath.3.87f</span>; in the κάραβος <b class="b2">the narrow part of the abdomen</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">HA</span> 526a3</span>; the <b class="b2">neck</b> of the grasshopper, ib.<span class="bibl">556a2</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">neck</b> of a vessel, <span class="title">BCH</span>35.286 (Delos), <span class="bibl">Hero <span class="title">Spir.</span>1.19</span>, al.; of a gourd, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>616a23</span>; of parts of the body, τ. μήτρας <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Mul.</span>2.169</span>, <span class="bibl">Poll.2.222</span>; ὑστέρας <span class="bibl">Sor.1.7</span>; <b class="b3">κύστεως</b> ibid., <span class="bibl">Gal.<span class="title">UP</span>14.9</span>, <span class="bibl">Poll.2.171</span>; καρδίας <span class="title">Placit.</span>4.5.8. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">middle part of a mast</b>, Asclep.Myrl. ap. <span class="bibl">Ath.11.475a</span>.</span>

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