noun · femininethird declension
faucēs
faucēs f pl (genitive faucium)
Classical[ˈfau̯.keːs]Ecclesiastical[ˈfaːu̯.t͡ʃes]
Mille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- the upper part of a throat; pharynx; gullet
Et tamen omnibus hominibus contrā serpentēs inest venēnum: ferunt ictum salīvae ut ferventis aquae contāctum fugere; quod sī in faucēs penetrāverit, etiam morī, idque maximē hūmānī iēiūnī ōris.
And still all people have a venom against snakes: they say that they avoid the attack of saliva like the touch of boiling water; and if it makes its way into the throat, they also die, and most of all in the case of that of a fasted human mouth.77 CE – 79 CE, Plinius Maior, Naturalis Historia 7.2.15 - a narrow entrance; entry passage; defile; gorge; the jaws of the earth; gulf; abyss
Castra sunt in Italiā contrā populum Rōmānum in Etrūriae faucibus conlocāta,[…].
A camp has been established in Italy, set against the Roman people, in the passageway of Etruria.63 BCE, Cicero, In Catilinam orationes 1.5Inde ubi venere ad fauces grave olentis Averni
Till over foul Avernus’ sulphurous throat29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 6.201
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
interior pars ōris, quā cibus dēscendit.faucēs -ium f pl — in Mille Verba, Corpus Hūmānum
via angusta intrā collumfaucēs -ium (f pl) — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 5, 17
Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms
Faux · Glutus · Ingluvies · Guttur · Gurgulio · Gula
Faux, glutus, and ingluvies, denote the space within the throat; glutus (γλῶττα), in men; ingluvies, in animals; faux (φάρυγξ), the upper part, the entrance into the throat; whereas guttur, gurgulio, and gula, denote that part of the body which encloses the space within the throat; gurgulio (redupl. of gula), in animals; gula, in men; guttur, in either. (v. 149.)
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | faux | faucēs |
| genitive | — | faucium |
| dative | faucī | faucibus |
| accusative | faucem | faucēs faucīs |
| ablative | fauce | faucibus |
| vocative | faux | faucēs |
fauces, ium (
I. 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, Cic. 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.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
faucēs ium, f
the upper part of the throat, pharynx, throat, gullet: bolum mihi ereptum e faucibus, T.: russae, Enn. ap. C.: fauces urit sitis, H.: laqueo innectere fauces, strangle, O.—Fig., the throat, jaws: cum faucibus premeretur, i. e. was hard pressed: premit fauces defensionis tuae, throttles: Catilina cum exercitu faucibus urguet, S.: populi fauces exaruerunt libertatis siti.—A narrow way, narrow inlet, strait, entrance, defile, pass: Corinthus posita in faucibus Graeciae, entrance: angustissimae portūs, Cs.: in valle artā, faucibus utrimque obsessis, L.: Averni, V.: Hellesponti, straits, L.: patefactis terrae faucibus.
Origins
Plural of faux, of unknown etymology.
Descendants
- Englishfauces
- Italianfauci
- Portuguesefauces
- Spanishfauces
- Galicianfauces
In English words that came into English from faucēs
- faucetfaux
- faucesfaucēs
- faucalfaucēs
- faucialfaucēs