αὐχήν, ένος, ὁ,
neck, throat, of men and beasts, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.12, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 815, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 493a5, “PA” 691b29] Refs 8th c.BC+]: rarely, gullet, [[ 2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Theriaca” 350] Refs 2nd c.BC+]: in plural, of one neck, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 659.4, 5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Lithica” 137, “Anthologia Graeca” 5.27 (2nd-3rd c.AD: Rufinus Epigrammaticus). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 metaphorically, τὸν αὐ. ἱστάναι to be high-spirited, [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 7.23; αὐχένα ὑψηλὸν ἀποθέσθαι Vett. Val. 261.16. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II metaphorically, any narrow band or connexion (like a neck):
__II.1 neck of land, isthmus, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.72, 6.37, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.4.3. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 narrow sea, strait, of the Bosporus, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.85, 118] Refs 5th c.BC+]; αὐ, πόντου, of the Hellespont, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 72 (Lyric poetry) ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; of the point at which the Danube spreads from a single stream into several branches, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.89. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.3 mountain-pass, defile, [[ [prev. author] 7.223. ] Refs]