fauces — Lewis & Short
fauces, ium (
I sing. nom. faux only in Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 11, 127, =arteria aspera; cf. Varr. L. L. 10, § 78 Müll.; Charis. p. 72 P. —The abl. sing. fauce sometimes in poets: Ov. H. 9, 98; id. M. 14, 738; Hor. Epod. 14, 4; Phaedr. 1, 1, 3; 1, 8, 4; Mart. 7, 37, 6 al.), f. cf. Sanscr. bhūka, hole, opening, the upper part of the throat, from the root of the tongue to the entrance of the gullet, the pharynx, throat, gullet (syn.: gula, guttur, jugulum).
I Lit.: summum gulae fauces vocantur, extremum stomachus;
quibus fauces non sunt, ne stomachus quidem est,Plin. 11, 37, 68, § 179:
exigua in arteria sub ipsis faucibus lingula est, quae, cum spiramus, attollitur,Cels. 4, 1: (galli) favent faucibus russis cantu, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 26, 57 (Trag. v. 250 ed. Vahl.):
sitis fauces tenet,Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 34:
sitis fauces urit,Hor. S. 1, 2, 214:
lippiunt fauces fame,Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 39; 1, 2, 36:
fauces tussientes,Cels. 5, 25, 11:
nuces videntur fauces exasperare,Plin. 23, 8, 74, § 142:
fauces tumentes strangulant vocem, etc.,Quint. 11, 3, 20:
infirmatis faucibus, praeconis voce concionatus est,Suet. Aug. 84 fin.:
propino tibi salutem plenis faucibus,Plaut. Stich. 3, 2, 16:
merum ingurgitare faucibus plenis,id. Curc. 1, 2, 39:
exscrea usque ex penitis faucibus,from the bottom of your throat, id. As. 1, 1, 28:
alicui fauces prehendere,id. Most. 1, 3, 62; cf.:
qui sacerdoti scelestus fauces interpresserit,id. Rud. 3, 2, 41:
laqueo innectere fauces,to strangle, Ov. M. 10, 378; cf.
also: ad necem secandasque novacula fauces,Suet. Calig. 23:
fauces manu sua oppressit,id. ib. 12:
retinens singulos et contortis faucibus convertens,id. Caes. 62.—Trop.:
faucibus teneor,I am caught by the throat, I feel the knife at my throat, Plaut. Cas. 5, 3, 4; cf.:
cum faucibus premeretur,Cic. Clu. 31, 84:
Timarchides premit fauces defensionis tuae,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 76, § 176: eripite nos ex faucibus eorum, quorum crudelitas, etc., from the jaws, Crass. ap. Cic. de Or. 1, 52, 225; cf. Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 6, § 19:
urbem totius belli ore ac faucibus ereptam esse,id. Arch. 9, 21:
e mediis Orci faucibus ad hunc evasi modum,App. M. 7, p. 191:
cum inexplebiles populi fauces exaruerunt libertatis siti,Cic. Rep. 1, 43:
lupus fauce improba incitatus,i. e. voracity, Phaedr. 1, 2, 3.—
II Transf., of places:
A A narrow way, narrow inlet or outlet, an entrance, defile, pass (cf. angustiae): Corinthus posita in angustiis atque in faucibus Graeciae, in the mouth or entrance, Cic. Agr. 2, 32, 87:
in Ciliciae angustissimis faucibus,Curt. 7, 4; cf.:
qua fauces erant angustissimae portus,Caes. B. C. 1, 25, 5:
portus,id. ib. 3, 24, 1;
3, 39, 2: Masinissam persecutus in valle arta, faucibus utrimque obsessis, inclusit,Liv. 29, 32, 4:
Aemilius sedens in faucibus macelli,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 62, § 145; so,
macelli,id. Quint. 6, 25:
per fauces montis ut Aetnae Exspirent ignes,the crater, Lucr. 6, 630:
cava flumina siccis faucibus, etc.,Verg. G. 4, 428:
altae montis,Lucr. 6, 697:
Nilus multis faucibus in Aegyptium mare se evomit,through many mouths, Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 54:
Bospori,the Dardanelles, id. 6, 1, 1, § 4; Sil. 12, 127:
cum fornacem facies, fauces praecipites deorsum facito,Cato, R. R. 38, 3: pictis e faucibus currus emittere, from the barriers, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 107 (Ann. v. 89 ed. Vahl.).—
B The jaws of the earth, gulf, abyss:
patefactis terrae faucibus,Cic. N. D. 2, 37, 95.