λαιμός

laimos

throat, gullet

Appears 5 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 4
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Book 13 2
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13388
13542
Book 18 1
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1834
Book 19 1
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19209
Odyssey 1
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Book 22 1
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2215

Dictionary (LSJ)

λαιμός (A), ὁ, A. throat, gullet, in Hom. always of men, βάλε δουρὶ λαιμὸν ὑπʼ ἀνθερεῶνα Il. 13.388; τὸν δʼ Ὀδυσεὺς κατὰ λαιμὸν . . βάλεν ἰῷ Od. 22.15; οὔ πως ἂν ἔμοιγε φίλον κατὰ λαιμὸν ἰείη οὐ πόσις οὐδὲ βρῶσις Il. 19.209; λ. ἀπαμήσειε 18.34: metaph., neck of a bottle, AP 9.232 (Phil.): also in pl., E. Ph. 1092; so of animals, Id. Supp. 1201, Ar. Av. 1560.—Rare in early Prose, as Hp. Cord. 2, but commoner later, as Luc. Nigr. 16, Gal. 15.656, Porph. Marc. 33, Jul. Or. 6.193b.

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