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from the jaws

  • 1 fauces

    fauces, ium ( sing. nom. faux only in Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 11, 127, =arteria aspera; cf. Varr. L. L. 10, § 78 Müll.; Charis. p. 72 P. —The abl. sing. fauce sometimes in poets: Ov. H. 9, 98; id. M. 14, 738; Hor. Epod. 14, 4; Phaedr. 1, 1, 3; 1, 8, 4; Mart. 7, 37, 6 al.), f. [cf. Sanscr. bhūka, hole, opening], the upper part of the throat, from the root of the tongue to the entrance of the gullet, the pharynx, throat, gullet (syn.: gula, guttur, jugulum).
    I.
    Lit.: summum gulae fauces vocantur, extremum stomachus;

    quibus fauces non sunt, ne stomachus quidem est,

    Plin. 11, 37, 68, § 179:

    exigua in arteria sub ipsis faucibus lingula est, quae, cum spiramus, attollitur,

    Cels. 4, 1: (galli) favent faucibus russis cantu, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 26, 57 (Trag. v. 250 ed. Vahl.):

    sitis fauces tenet,

    Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 34:

    sitis fauces urit,

    Hor. S. 1, 2, 214:

    lippiunt fauces fame,

    Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 39; 1, 2, 36:

    fauces tussientes,

    Cels. 5, 25, 11:

    nuces videntur fauces exasperare,

    Plin. 23, 8, 74, § 142:

    fauces tumentes strangulant vocem, etc.,

    Quint. 11, 3, 20:

    infirmatis faucibus, praeconis voce concionatus est,

    Suet. Aug. 84 fin.:

    propino tibi salutem plenis faucibus,

    Plaut. Stich. 3, 2, 16:

    merum ingurgitare faucibus plenis,

    id. Curc. 1, 2, 39:

    exscrea usque ex penitis faucibus,

    from the bottom of your throat, id. As. 1, 1, 28:

    alicui fauces prehendere,

    id. Most. 1, 3, 62; cf.:

    qui sacerdoti scelestus fauces interpresserit,

    id. Rud. 3, 2, 41:

    laqueo innectere fauces,

    to strangle, Ov. M. 10, 378; cf.

    also: ad necem secandasque novacula fauces,

    Suet. Calig. 23:

    fauces manu sua oppressit,

    id. ib. 12:

    retinens singulos et contortis faucibus convertens,

    id. Caes. 62.— Trop.:

    faucibus teneor,

    I am caught by the throat, I feel the knife at my throat, Plaut. Cas. 5, 3, 4; cf.:

    cum faucibus premeretur,

    Cic. Clu. 31, 84:

    Timarchides premit fauces defensionis tuae,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 76, § 176: eripite nos ex faucibus eorum, quorum crudelitas, etc., from the jaws, Crass. ap. Cic. de Or. 1, 52, 225; cf. Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 6, § 19:

    urbem totius belli ore ac faucibus ereptam esse,

    id. Arch. 9, 21:

    e mediis Orci faucibus ad hunc evasi modum,

    App. M. 7, p. 191:

    cum inexplebiles populi fauces exaruerunt libertatis siti,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 43:

    lupus fauce improba incitatus,

    i. e. voracity, Phaedr. 1, 2, 3.—
    II.
    Transf., of places:
    A.
    A narrow way, narrow inlet or outlet, an entrance, defile, pass (cf. angustiae): Corinthus posita in angustiis atque in faucibus Graeciae, in the mouth or entrance, Cic. Agr. 2, 32, 87:

    in Ciliciae angustissimis faucibus,

    Curt. 7, 4; cf.:

    qua fauces erant angustissimae portus,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 25, 5:

    portus,

    id. ib. 3, 24, 1;

    3, 39, 2: Masinissam persecutus in valle arta, faucibus utrimque obsessis, inclusit,

    Liv. 29, 32, 4:

    Aemilius sedens in faucibus macelli,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 62, § 145; so,

    macelli,

    id. Quint. 6, 25:

    per fauces montis ut Aetnae Exspirent ignes,

    the crater, Lucr. 6, 630:

    cava flumina siccis faucibus, etc.,

    Verg. G. 4, 428:

    altae montis,

    Lucr. 6, 697:

    Nilus multis faucibus in Aegyptium mare se evomit,

    through many mouths, Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 54:

    Bospori,

    the Dardanelles, id. 6, 1, 1, § 4; Sil. 12, 127:

    cum fornacem facies, fauces praecipites deorsum facito,

    Cato, R. R. 38, 3: pictis e faucibus currus emittere, from the barriers, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 107 (Ann. v. 89 ed. Vahl.).—
    B.
    The jaws of the earth, gulf, abyss:

    patefactis terrae faucibus,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 37, 95.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > fauces

  • 2 maxilla

    maxilla, ae, f. [dim. of a ground-form magsula (whence māla; root mag of massô, to knead; mageus. baker, etc.; cf. axilla, ala, from ago)], the jawbone, jaw (postAug.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    quam litteram (X) etiam e maxillis et taxillis et vexillo... consuetudo elegans Latini sermonis evellit,

    Cic. Or. 45, 153:

    maxillae superiores,

    Plin. 11, 37, 60, § 159; Suet. Calig. 58; Veg. Vet. 2, 40, 2:

    maxillam superiorem commovere solam,

    Amm. 22, 15, 15:

    cum in maxillis balanatum gausape pectas,

    you comb the anointed beard on your jaws, Pers. 4, 37.—
    * II.
    Transf.: miserum populum, qui sub tam lentis maxillis erit, under such slowgrinding teeth, i. e. subject to such protracted cruelty, Aug. ap. Suet. Tib. 21.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > maxilla

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