1. λάρυγξ · larynx — Beekes
The corpus record
λάρυγξ
larugx
upper part of the windpipe
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Where it lives
What it meant
2. λάρυγξ · larynx — Chantraine
3. λάρυγξ · larynx — Frisk
4. λάρυγξ · larynx — LSJ
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.
= τραχεῖα ἀρτηρία, Meno Iatr. 8.30.
In the wild
- λάρυγγʼ · laryngʼ Aristophanes, Frogs 575–576
- λάρυγγος · laryngos Aristophanes, Knights (DIORISIS sentence 988)
- λάρυγξ · larynx New Testament, Romans 3.13 (DIORISIS sentence 66)
- λάρυγγί · laryngi Septuaginta, Canticum 2
- λάρυγξ · larynx Septuaginta, Canticum 7
- λάρυγξ · larynx Septuaginta, Job 12
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Where it came from
- Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. λάρυγξ (scan pp. 882-883; entry #3676). Root candidates: *las-.
- Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. λάρυγξ (scan p. 638; entry #4688).
- Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. λάρυγξ (scan p. 1059; entry #3494).
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