λάρυγξ

larygx

larynx

Appears 3 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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History of Animals 3
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Book I 1
Chapter 12 493a5–16

493a6
Book II 1
Chapter 1 497b6–501b4

499a1
Book IV 1
Chapter 9 535a27–536b23

535a32

Dictionary (LSJ)

λάρυγξ [ᾰ], υγγος, ὁ, A. 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. II. = τραχεῖα ἀρτηρία, Meno Iatr. 8.30.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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