"fauces" meaning in Latin

See fauces in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈfau̯.keːs] [Classical-Latin], [ˈfaːu̯.t͡ʃes] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Plural of faux, of unknown etymology. Etymology templates: {{unk|la|title=unknown}} unknown Head templates: {{la-noun|faucēs<3.I.F.pl>}} faucēs f pl (genitive faucium); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|faucēs<3.I.pl>}} Forms: faucēs [canonical, feminine, plural], faucium [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], faucēs [nominative, plural], faucium [genitive, plural], faucibus [dative, plural], faucēs [accusative, plural], faucīs [accusative, plural], faucibus [ablative, plural], faucēs [plural, vocative]
  1. (literal) the upper part of a throat; a throat, pharynx, gullet Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-fauces-la-noun-iIs5XvJ2 Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the third declension, Architecture, Body parts Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 48 52 Disambiguation of Architecture: 54 46 Disambiguation of Body parts: 72 28
  2. (transferred sense) a narrow entrance, entry passage; a defile, gorge; the jaws of the earth; a gulf, abyss Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-fauces-la-noun-k2BeAisf Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the third declension, Latin pluralia tantum, Architecture, Landforms Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 30 70 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 48 52 Disambiguation of Latin pluralia tantum: 40 60 Disambiguation of Architecture: 54 46 Disambiguation of Landforms: 42 58
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms (see): fōx
Disambiguation of 'see': 0 0
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          "english": "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.",
          "ref": "77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 7.2.15",
          "text": "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.",
          "translation": "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.",
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          "english": "A camp has been established in Italy, set against the Roman people, in the passageway of Etruria.",
          "ref": "63 BCE, Cicero, Catiline Orations Oratio in Catilinam Prima in Senatu Habita.5",
          "text": "Castra sunt in Italiā contrā populum Rōmānum in Etrūriae faucibus conlocāta, […] .",
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