{
  "headword": "fauces",
  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:elementary-latin-n6081",
  "key": "fauces",
  "senses": [
    {
      "label": "0",
      "definition": "the upper part of the throat, pharynx, throat, gullet:\n                bolum mihi ereptum e faucibus, T.: russae, Enn. ap. C.: fauces urit sitis, H.:\n                laqueo innectere fauces, strangle, O.—Fig.,\n            the throat, jaws: cum faucibus premeretur, i. e. was hard\n            pressed: premit fauces defensionis tuae, throttles:\n                Catilina cum exercitu faucibus urguet, S.: populi fauces exaruerunt libertatis siti.—A narrow\n            way, narrow inlet, strait, entrance, defile, pass: Corinthus posita\n                in faucibus Graeciae, entrance: angustissimae\n                portūs, Cs.: in valle artā,\n                faucibus utrimque obsessis, L.: Averni, V.:\n                Hellesponti, straits, L.: patefactis\n                terrae faucibus.",
      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:elementary-latin-n6081-n6081.0",
      "children": []
    }
  ],
  "type": "main"
}