ἀρτηρία
arteria
wind-pipe
Appears 72 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἀρτηρία, Ion. -ιη, ἡ, A. wind-pipe, ἡ ἀ. μόλις ἀναπνεούσῃ ὑπεσύριζε Epid. 7.25, cf.39, Ti. 70d, HA 493a8, de An. 420b29; ἡ τραχεῖα ἀ. (cf. 11) Timoth. ap. Meno.Iatr. 8.29, v. l. in 2.50, Hist. Conscr. 7, M. 9.178, etc.: in pl., bronchial tubes, ἆσθμα . . περὶ στήθεα καὶ ἀρτηρίας Epid. 7.12 (vulg. but prob. l. -ίην, = trachea), cf. Ti. 78c; πλεύμονος ἀρτηρίαι Tr. 1054. II. artery, as distinct from a vein, αἱ φλεβῶν καὶ ἀρτηριῶν κοινωνίαι Art. 45, cf. 69; τὰς δὲ φλέβας καὶ τὰς ἀ. συνάπτειν εἰς ἀλλήλας . . τῇ αἰσθήσει φανερὸν εἶναι Spir. 484a1; ἀ. λεῖαι (cf. I) UP 8.1, al.; ἀ. φλεβώδης pulmonary vein, ib.6.10; believed to contain πνεῦμα by , ib. 17, and derived fr. ἀήρ, τηρέω by ap. s.v. ἀορτέων. III. = ἀορτή, aorta, δύο εἰσὶ κοῖλαι φλέβες ἀπὸ τῆς καρδίης, τῇ μὲν οὔνομα ἀρτηρίη τῇ δὲ κοίλη φλέψ Carn. 5. IV. in pl. of the ureters, Oss. 10. (Contr. from ἀερτηρία, from ἀείρω ‘attach’ (q. v.), cf. ἀορτήρ, etc.)
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