παρίσθμιον
παρίσθμιον, fauces
παρίσθμιον, τό, (ἰσθμός ‘neckʼ)
- fauces, Arist. HA 493a1: pl., Plu. QPlat. 2.1005a, Gal. 6.674.
- 2 pl., tonsils, Hp. Gland. 7, Ruf. Onom. 64.
- II in pl., inflammation of the tonsils, Hp. Aph. 3.26, IG 42(1).126.31 (Epid.), Gal. 17(2).632; with a pun on the Isthmian games, AP 11.129 (Cereal.).