τράχηλοσ[ᾰ], ὁ, Dor. τράχᾱλοσIG42(1).122.3, al. (Epid., iv B. C.): heterocl. pl. τράχηλαCall.Fr.98 (= Iamb.1.147):—
neck, throat,
Hdt.2.40, Hp.Aph.4.35, E.Cyc.608 (lyr.), Sor.1.84, Gal.6.151, etc.; distd. fr. αὐχήν by Pl.Phdr.253e (τράχηλοσ being, acc. to Gp.19.2.3,
the whole neck and throat,
αὐχήν the back part of the neck in human beings, the upper part in animals; this difference is observed in Sor.Fasc.37 (cf. αὐχήν in 38,39,40,41), Adam.2.21; but αὐχήν in Hp.Prog.23 is glossed τράχηλοσ by Gal.18(2).264, cf. Ruf.Onom.66, Poll.2.130; in LXX,
NT,
and Pap. τ. is more freq. than αὐχήν); τ. σώματος χωρὶς τεμώνE.Ba.241, cf. Supp.716; ἀποτεμεῖν, ἀποκόψαι,Plu.Art.29, Flam.18, etc.; βρόχον δ' ἐνίαλλε τραχήλῳTheoc.23.51; ἐς τ. πεσεῖν break one's
neck,
E.Tr.755; ἐπὶ τ. ὠθεῖν τινα thrust
head-foremost,
Luc.DMort.27.1, Merc.Cond.39; εἰς τ.Poll.2.135; ἐπιπεσεῖν ἐπὶ τὸν τ. τινόσLXXGe.46.29, Ev.Luc.15.20; ἐν βρόχῳ τὸν τ. ἔχων νομοθετεῖ with a halter round his
neck,
D.24.139; ἔδει σε ἐν τῷ σῷ τ. ἐμπαίζειν at the risk of your own
neck,
PTeb.758.2 (ii B. C.). 2.
neck
of animals, of the horse, X.Eq.1.8; the hare, Id.Cyn.5.30; the camel, Plu.2.1125b, BGU469.6 (ii A. D.);
the neck
as a joint of meat, Plu.Demetr. 11; of a fowl, Gal.6.788. II. of parts
resembling the neck,
e. g.
upper part of the murex,
Eub.66, Posidipp.14, cf. Arist.HA547a16, Ath.3.87f; in the κάραβοσ
the narrow part of the abdomen,
Arist.HA 526a3; the
neck
of the grasshopper, ib.556a2. 2.
neck
of a vessel, BCH35.286 (Delos), HeroSpir.1.19, al.; of a gourd, Arist.HA616a23; of parts of the body, τ. μήτρασHp.Mul.2.169, Poll.2.222; ὑστέρασSor.1.7; κύστεωσ ibid., Gal.UP14.9, Poll.2.171; καρδίασPlacit.4.5.8. 3.