τραχύς
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τράχηλος· αὐχὴν τραχύς. σκληρός
Translation (En)
Trakhēlos "neck", jagged (trakhus) and hard
Parallels
Meletius, De natura hominis p. 91 (καὶ τράχηλος μὲν λέγεται, ἀπὸ τῆς τραχύτητος τῶν ἐκεῖσε ὀστῶν· ὀστῶδες γὰρ τὸ μέρος τοῦτο· ἢ παρὰ τὸ δι’ αὐτοῦ ῥεῖν, ἤτοι τρέχειν τὴν τροφήν· οἷον τρόχαλος); Etym. Gudianum, tau, p. 533 (Τράχηλος, παρὰ τὴν τῶν ὀστρέων τραχύτητα, ὀστῶδες γὰρ τὸ μέρος· ἢ παρὰ τὸ δι’ αὐτοῦ τρέχειν τὴν τροφὴν, τρόχαλος καὶ τράχηλος. ἢ τράχηλος παρὰ τὸ εἶναι αὐτὸν ἐξ ὀστέων τραχηλέων, καὶ οὐ σκληρῶν); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 764 (Τράχηλος: Παρὰ τὴν τραχύτητα· ὀστῶδες γὰρ τὸ μέρος τοῦτο· ἢ παρὰ τὸ δι’ αὐτοῦ τρέχειν τὴν τροφὴν, οἷον τρόχαλος. Ἢ ὅτι τῆς ῥάχεως ὅλος ἐστὶ τράχηλος· ἢ παρὰ τὸ τραχὺς καὶ τὸ ἧλος, ὁ τραχεῖς ἥλους ἔχων. Ὅτε δέ φησιν Ὅμηρος, ‘ἁπαλοῖο δι’ αὐχένος’, κατ’ ἀντίφρασιν λέγει. Οὕτως Ὦρος); ibid., p. 563 (Καίτοι παρὰ τὸν αὐχμὸν αὐχὴν, καὶ τράχηλος, παρὰ τὸ τραχύ)
Comment
Paronymic descriptive etymology, the name of the neck is etymologized after one of its characteristics: the posterior part of the neck is where the spine can be felt.