τράχηλος [ᾰ],ὁ, Dor.
τράχᾱλος
IG 42(1).122.3 , al. (Epid.,iv B. C.): heterocl. pl.
A.
τράχηλα
Call. 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.αὐχήνby Pl. Phdr. 253e (τράχηλοςbeing, acc. to Gp. 19.2.3 ,the whole neck and throat, αὐχήνthe back part of the neck in human beings, the upper part in animals; this difference is observed in Sor. Fasc. 37 (cf.αὐχήνin 38 , 39 , 40 , 41 ), Adam. 2.21 ; butαὐχήνin Hp. Prog. 23 is glossedτράχηλοςby Gal. 18(2).264 , cf. Ruf. Onom. 66 , Poll. 2.130 ; in LXX ,NT,and Pap.τ.is more freq. thanαὐχήν) ; τ. σώματος χωρὶς τεμών
E. Ba. 241
, cf. Supp. 716 ;ἀποτεμεῖν, ἀποκόψαι,
Plu. Art. 29 , Flam. 18 , etc.; βρόχον δ' ἐνίαλλε τραχήλῳ
Theoc. 23.51
;ἐς τ. πεσεῖνbreak one'sneck,