faucium
Dictionary entries
- Entry →faux, faucis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
pharynx (usu pl.), gullet/throat/neck/jaws/maw; narrow pass/shaft/strait; chasm;
gen. pl.
Examples
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Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE CONSOLATIONE
"...excitatur! Pretiosos autem non eximius sapor aut aliqua faucium dulcedo sed raritas et difficultas parandi facit. Alioqui..."Virgil
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE POETIS
"...reverso post Actiacam victoriam Augusto atque Atellae reficiendarum faucium causa commoranti per continuum quadriduum legit, suscipiente Maecenate legendi..."XII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...dentes, rigentem vultum et destitutas genas et inanes faucium sinus; prona cervix, tergum ossibus inaequale, infernis imaginibus similes..."