neck

From LSJ

πολιόν τε δάκρυον ἐκβάλλω → let fall the tear from my old eyes, let fall an old man's tear

Source

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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substantive

P. and V. αὐχήν, ὁ, τράχηλος, ὁ.

throat: P. and V. σφαγαί, αἱ, V. δέρη, ἡ, Ar. and V. λαιμός, ὁ, or pl.

neck of land: P. and V. ἰσθμός, ὁ, αὐχήν, ὁ (Xenophon and Euripides, Electra 1288).

break one's neck, v.:Ar. ἐκτραχηλίζεσθαι.

stiff-necked, adj.: see obstinate.