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φάρυγξ

pharugx

throat, gorge, larynx, windpipe

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What it meant

1. φάρυγξ · pharynx — Beekes

φάρυγξ [fm.] ‘throat, gorge, larynx, windpipe’ (Od.), also ‘throat disease’ (Ηρ... 4 PG(S)> VAR Also -vb, gen. -vyoc, -υγγος, acc. -vyya. *COMP gapvyyorouzia [f.] ‘laryngotomy’ (late medic.), paxpopapu(y)é ‘long-necked’ (AP). *DER gap-by(y)e8pov (medic., Poll.), -ὕγαθρον (H.) ‘id’, on the model of the synonyms βέρεθρον, βάραθρον [5]; φαρ-υγίγάνδην ‘like a gullet’ (Com. Adesp., Lex.); φαρυγγίζω = λαρυγγίζω (Poll.). … — [Beekes, s.v. φάρυγξ, p. 1607]

2. φάρυγξ · pharynx — Frisk

φάρυγξ.---φάσγανον 99ὅ (EM 175, 37). Davon φάρσωμα n. ‘Spant eines Schiffes’ o.ä. (Demetr. in Cat. Cod. Astr.), nominale Ableitung wie ἀέτωμα, πύλωμα u.a. (Chantraine Form. 187). Jonisches Wort (Solmsen Wortforsch. 6f.), zu φάρος, φαρόω, der Bildung nach nicht eindeutig. Zunächst mit φάρσαι -- σχίσαι (EM) zusammenzuhalten; vgl. noch ἅψος, μύσος U.a. (Schwyzer 513 m. Lit.). WP. 2, 159 erwägt als Grundwort ein Adj. … — [Frisk, s.v. φάρυγξ, p. 1967]

3. φάρυγξ · pharynx — Frisk

φάρυγξ, auch -v£&, Gen. -vyog, -vyyos, Akk. -vyya f. m. ‘Schlund, Kehle, Kehlkopf, Luftröhre’ (seit Od.; zur Bed. Strömberg Wortstud. 57ff.), auch “Halskrankheit” (Hp.). Einzelne Kompp., z.B. φαρυγγο-τομία f. "Luftröhrenschnitt’ (sp. Mediz.), μακρο-φάρυ(γ) ξ “langhalsig’, „Langhals‘“‘ (AP). — Davon pap-öy(y)edoor (Mediz., Poll.), -ὐγαϑρον (H.) ‘ds.’, nach dem synonymen βέρεϑρον, βάραϑρον; -vy(y)ivönv ‘schlundartig’ … — [Frisk, s.v. φάρυγξ, p. 1967]

4. φάρυγξ · pharynx — LSJ

throat, windpipe, oesophagus, pharynx, pharynx, windpipe

throat, φάρυγος δʼ ἐξέσσυτο οἶνος Od. 9.373; φάρυγος λάβε δεξιτερῆφιν 19.480; ὁ φ. εὐτρεπὴς ἔστω, for dinner, E. Cyc. 215, cf. ll.cc.; ὦ μιαρὰ φ., of a glutton, Ar. Ra. 571; ηὔξατό τις ὀψοφάγος ὢν τὸν φ. αὑτῷ μακρότερον γεράνου γενέσθαι Arist. EN 1118a33: of singing, κεκραξόμεσθά γʼ ὁπόσον ἡ φ. ἂν ἡμῶν χανδάνῃ Ar. Ra. 259 (lyr.), cf. Hp. Carn. 16, 18, Acut. 59, al.—Used of the windpipe by Arist. PA 664a16, 665a10, cf. de An. 421a4, Gal. 6.176; opp. παρίσθμια and λάρυγξ, ib. 674, cf. 15.789, 792,

II dewlap

dewlap of a bull. Hld. 2.1.

III diseases of the throat

pl., of diseases of the throat, Hp. Aph. 3.5.—The gender is indeterm. in Hom.: fem., in Att., Phryn. 46, cf. Cratin.and Ar.ll.cc., Pherecr. 69, Th. 2.49, Call. (?) Fr. 331 (cf. Fr. 51 P.); masc. in Epich. 21, Telecl. 1.12, E. Cyc. 215, etc.: both genders in Hp., Arist., etc., and later writers (ἡ Aristid. Or. 48(24).57, Ael. NA 1.30, Paus. 8.37.8, ὁ Plu. QConv. 2.698f, Luc. Asin. 38).

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. φάρυγξ (scan p. 1607; entry #6330).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. φάρυγξ (scan p. 1967; entry #5894).

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