λαιμός

λαιμός (A), ὁ,

• throat, gullet, in Hom. always of men, βάλε δουρὶ λαιμὸν ὑπʼ ἀνθερεῶνα Il. 13.388; τὸν δʼ Ὀδυσεὺς κατὰ λαιμὸν . . βάλεν ἰῷ Od. 22.15; οὔ πως ἂν ἔμοιγε φίλον κατὰ λαιμὸν ἰείη οὐ πόσις οὐδὲ βρῶσις Il. 19.209; λ. ἀπαμήσειε 18.34: metaph., neck of a bottle, AP 9.232 (Phil.): also in pl., E. Ph. 1092; so of animals, Id. Supp. 1201, Ar. Av. 1560.—Rare in early Prose, as Hp. Cord. 2, but commoner later, as Luc. Nigr. 16, Gal. 15.656, Porph. Marc. 33, Jul. Or. 6.193b.

λαιμός (B), ή, όν,

• = λαμυρός II, Heraclit. Incred. 2 (cj.), Hsch.: neut. pl. as Adv., λαιμὰ βακχεύειν impudently, Men. 106.

1. λαιμός -οῦ, ὁ [see λαῖτμα] throat, neck (only of human beings in Homer) Il. 13.388, al. Od. 22.15 (of animals in later Greek) Eur. Suppl. 1201, al. Aristoph. Av. 1560 etc. | s.times in prose Hp. Cord. 2 etc.; διὰ λαιμοῦ καὶ ἀφροδισίων by the throat and by sex Luc. Nigr. 16 fig. neck, of a jar or bottle Philp.¹ (AP 9.232.1.)

2. λαιμός -ή -όν [see λαιμός 1] lascivious: adv. neut. pl. λαιμά lasciviously Men. fr. 102, see λαμυρός.

λαιμός, ὁ (*λάω, vgl. λάμος), Kehle, Schlund, Gurgel, βάλε δουρὶ λαιμὸν ὑπʼ ἀνθερεῶνα, Il. 13.387, λαιμὸν ἀποτέμνειν, 18.34, οὔπως ἂν ἔμοιγε φίλον κατὰ λαιμὸν ἰείη οὐ πόσις οὐδὲ βρῶσις, 19.209 ; λαιμοὺς τεμών, Ar. Av. 1560 ; u. im plur., λαιμῶν ἐξάψει βρόχον, Eur. Ion 106 ; auch von Tieren, λαιμοὺς τρεῖς τριῶν μήλων τεμών, Suppl. 1201, wie Ap.Rh. 3.1208 ; selbst von Gefäßen, λ. κύτους Philp. 58 (IX.232). – Einzeln in sp. Prosa, wie Luc. hist. conscrib. 25, Nigr. 16.

λαιμός ², όν, = λαμυρός, Men., s. Meineke p. 41, 455.

λαιμός

-οῦ, ὁ.

The throat : Ἀφαρῆα λαιμὸν τύψεν Il. 13.542. Cf. Il. 13.388, Il. 18.34 : Od. 22.15.

More specifically, the gullet Il. 19.209.

λαιμός : throat, gullet. (Il.)

λαιμός, οῦ,

• the throat, gullet, Hom., Eur.