Noun: fauces
Hyphenation:
Gender: Feminine
Declension: Third
Sample Sentences
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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]
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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 1.5]
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Inde ubi venere ad fauces grave olentis Averni (Till over foul Avernus’ sulphurous throat) [29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 6.201]
Etymology
Plural of faux, of unknown etymology.
Verbs referencing "fauces"
Galician Nouns
larafouzas.
Translations