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λάρυγξ

λάρυγξ, the larynx

λάρυγξ [ᾰ], υγγος, ὁ,
  • larynx or upper part of the windpipe, Arist. HA 493a6; used in sounding the vowels, ib. 535a32: but in Poets confused with φάρυγξ (gullet) (cf. Arist. HA 535a29), E. Cyc. 158; χωρεῖν κατὰ τοῦ λ. Pherecr. 108.7, cf. Crobyl. 8; of gluttons, ἀνόσιοι λάρυγγες Eub. 139; ἐκ τοῦ λ. ἐκκρεμάσας τινά Ar. Eq. 1363; τὸν λάρυγγʼ ἂν ἐκτέμοιμί σου Id. Ra. 575: metaph., λ. γλυκύς speech, LXX Si. 6.4.
    • II = τραχεῖα ἀρτηρία, Meno Iatr. 8.30.

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