λαιμός(A),ὁ,
A. throat, gullet, in Hom. always of men, βάλε δουρὶ λαιμὸν ὑπ' ἀνθερεῶνα
Il. 13.388
; τὸν δ' 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.,neckof 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 .