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ἀρτηρία

ἀρτηρία, the wind-pipe

ἀρτηρία, Ion. -ιη, ἡ,
  • wind-pipe, ἡ ἀ. μόλις ἀναπνεούσῃ ὑπεσύριζε Hp. Epid. 7.25, cf. 39, Pl. Ti. 70d, Arist. HA 493a8, de An. 420b29; ἡ τραχεῖα ἀ. (cf. II) Timoth. ap. Meno Iatr. 8.29, v.l. in Dsc. 2.50, Luc. Hist.Conscr. 7, S.E. M. 9.178, etc.: in pl., bronchial tubes, ἆσθμα . . περὶ στήθεα καὶ ἀρτηρίας Hp. Epid. 7.12 (vulg. but prob. l. -ίην, = trachea), cf. Pl. Ti. 78c; πλεύμονος ἀρτηρίαι S. Tr. 1054.
    • II artery, as distinct from a vein, αἱ φλεβῶν καὶ ἀρτηριῶν κοινωνίαι Hp. Art. 45, cf. 69; τὰς δὲ φλέβας καὶ τὰς ἀ. συνάπτειν εἰς ἀλλήλας . . τῇ αἰσθήσει φανερὸν εἶναι Arist. Spir. 484a1; ἀ. λεῖαι (cf. I) Gal. UP 8.1, al.; ἀ. φλεβώδης pulmonary vein, ib. 6.10; believed to contain πνεῦμα by Erasistr., ib. 17, and derived fr. ἀήρ, τηρέω by Bacch. ap. Erot. s.v. ἀορτέων.
    • III = ἀορτή, aorta, δύο εἰσὶ κοῖλαι φλέβες ἀπὸ τῆς καρδίης, τῇ μὲν οὔνομα ἀρτηρίη τῇ δὲ κοίλη φλέψ Hp. Carn. 5.
    • IV in pl. of the ureters, Id. Oss. 10. (Contr. from ἀερτηρία, from ἀείρω ‘attach’ (q. v.), cf. ἀορτήρ, etc.)

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