A.fauces, Arist. HA493a1 : pl., Plu. 2.1005a, Gal.6.674.
2. pl., tonsils, Hp.Gland.7, Ruf. Onom. 64.
II. in pl., inflammation of the tonsils, Hp.Aph.3.26, IG 42(1).126.31 (Epid.), Gal.17(2).632 ; with a pun on the Isthmian games, AP11.129 (Cereal.).