throat Copy link Outline 1. fauces, ium, f. pl. (sometimes in abl. sing. in the poets2. guttur, ŭris, n. (usu. both sing. and pl.3. gŭla (the gullet from the mouth to the stomach)4. jŭgŭlum or -us (prop. the hollow part of the neck round about the collar-bone)5. gurgŭlio (of animals)6. os, ōris, n. (prop. the mouth) • throat: 1. fauces, ium, f. pl. (sometimes in abl. sing. in the poets: the t., esp. its upper portion): thirst parches the t., sitis urit f., Hor. S. 1, 2, 114: an ulcer in the t., ulcus in faucibus, Cels. 2, 7 (hence exulceratio faucium, etc., id.). Fig.: to grasp by the t., faucibus tenere, Pl. Cas. 5, 3, 4: f. premere, Cic. Verr. 3, 76, 176 (of quashing an argument): v. jaws. 2. guttur, ŭris, n. (usu. both sing. and pl.: the upper part of the gullet, esp. as the outlet of the voice); the windpipe rises in the t., arteria in gutture assurgit, Cels. 4, 1, ad init.: the slender t. of the bird, tenue g. avis, Ov. Am. 1, 13, 8: Hor.: to pierce the t. with a knife, fodere guttura cultro, Ov. M. 7, 314. 3. gŭla (the gullet from the mouth to the stomach): how many things pass through one t., quantum rerum transeant per unam gulam, Sen. Ep. 95, 19: for its exact sense, cf. Plin. 11, 37, 68, "summum gulae fauces vocatur." 4. jŭgŭlum or -us (prop. the hollow part of the neck round about the collar-bone): to put the sword into the t., gladium demittere in jugulum, Pl. Merc. 3, 4, 28: to pierce the t., j. fodere, Tac. A. 3, 15: resolvere (gladio, cultro, etc.), Ov. M. 1, 227: Cic. Cat. 3, 1, 2. Fig.: to aim at the t., j. petere, Quint. 8, 6, 51 (of argument). 5. gurgŭlio (of animals): v. gullet, windpipe. 6. os, ōris, n. (prop. the mouth): the words stick in the t., in primo destitit ore sonus, Ov. H. 4, 8: he roars ghastly from his t. of blood, fremit horridus ore cruento, Virg. Aen. 1, 296. [N.B.--The phr. collum torquere, obstringere, obtorquere (alicui) denote to seize by the t. and drag to prison.]