αὐχήν,ένος,ὁ,
A. neck, throat,of men and beasts, Il. 7.12 , Hes. Op. 815 , Arist. HA 493a5 , PA 691b29 : rarely,gullet,
Nic. Th. 350 : in pl., ofone neck,
S. Fr. 659.4 , Orph. L. 137 , AP 5.27 ( Rufin. ).
2. metaph.,τὸν αὐ. ἱστάναιto behigh-spirited,
Philostr. VA 7.23 ;αὐχένα ὑψηλὸν ἀποθέσθαιVett. Val. 261.16 .
II. metaph.,any narrow bandorconnexion (like a neck):
1. neck of land, isthmus,
Hdt. 1.72 , 6.37 , X. An. 6.4.3 .
2. narrow sea, strait,of the Bosporus, Hdt. 4.85 , 118 ;αὐ, πόντου,of the Hellespont, A. Pers. 72 (lyr.); of the point at which the Danube spreads from a single stream into several branches, Hdt. 4.89 .
3. mountain-pass, defile,
Id. 7.223 .
4. neckof the thigh-bone, Hp. Art. 55 ;cervix uteri,
Id. Steril. 230 , Poll. 2.222 (but,pars vaginalis,