Meaning of faucēs | Babel Free

Definitions

1. the upper part of a throat; a throat, pharynx, gullet
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2. a narrow entrance, entry passage; a defile, gorge; the jaws of the earth; a gulf, abyss
   declension-3

Examples

“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.

“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.

“Inde ubi venere ad fauces grave olentis Averni”

Till over foul Avernus’ sulphurous throat

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