Liddell-Scott-Jones

αὐχήν (auchēn) nape ^G:N-M

αὐχήν, ένος, ὁ,

neck, throat, of men and beasts, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: rarely, gullet, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]: in plural, of one neck, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

__2 metaphorically, τὸν αὐ. ἱστάναι to be high-spirited, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II metaphorically, any narrow band or connexion (like a neck):
__II.1 neck of land, isthmus, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 narrow sea, strait, of the Bosporus, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; αὐ, πόντου, of the Hellespont, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of the point at which the Danube spreads from a single stream into several branches, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.3 mountain-pass, defile, [Refs]
__II.4 neck of the thigh-bone, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; cervix uteri, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] (but, pars vaginalis, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; root of the tongue, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II.5 handle of the steering-paddle in a ship, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II.6 an architectural member, αὐχένες δρύινοι[Refs 3rd c.BC+]