φάρυγξ

A. φάρυγγος E. Cyc. 356 (lyr.)), as ib.410,592, Cratin. 186,257 (troch.), Telecl. 1.12 (anap.), Ar. Fr. 614), later φάρυγγος Nic. Al. 363: (φάρος):—throat, φάρυγος δ’ 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 γ’ 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, Aret. CA 1.9; τὴν φ. κέρχνειν Diocl.Fr. 147; of the oesophagus by EM 557.17; of the pharynx by Hp. Prog. 23 (cf. Gal. 18(2).264), Poll. 2.207; both of pharynx and windpipe by Gal. UP 8.1.

II. dewlap of a bull. Hld. 2.1.

III. 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. 2.698f, Luc. Asin. 38).