αὐχήν
αὐχήν
Deriv. uncertain.
the neck, throat, of men and beasts, Hom., etc.
metaph. any narrow passage, a neck of land, isthmus, Hdt., Xen.
a narrow sea, strait, Hdt., Aesch.; of the point at which the Danube spreads into several branches, Hdt.
a narrow mountain-pass, defile, Hdt.