φάρυγξ

pharygx

throat

Appears 17 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Parts of Animals 6
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Book III 6
Chapter 3 664a12–665a26

664a16
664a17
664a35
664b26
665a10
665a19
History of Animals 5
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Book I 1
Chapter 11 492a13–493a4

492b27
Book II 1
Chapter 17 506b32–509a23

508a30
Book IV 3
Chapter 9 535a27–536b23

535a29
535b15
536a10
De Anima 2
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Book II 2
Chapter 8 419b4–421a6

420b23
421a4
Eudemian Ethics 2
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Book III 2
Chapter 2 1230a34–1231b4

1231a14
1231a16
De Audibilibus 1
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Chapter 1 800a1–804b39

804b26
Nicomachean Ethics 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 10 1117b23–1118b7

1118a32

Dictionary (LSJ)

φάρυγξ [ᾰ], ἡ, less freq. ὁ (v. sub fin.), also φάρυξ Ar. Ra. 259 (lyr.), 571; gen. φάρῠγος (always in Hom., Trag. and Com. (exc. 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):—A. 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, 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).

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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