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|Full diacritics=νῶτον
|Medium diacritics=νῶτον
|Low diacritics=νώτον
|Capitals=ΝΩΤΟΝ
|Transliteration A=nō̂ton
|Transliteration B=nōton
|Transliteration C=noton
|Beta Code=nw=ton
|Definition=τό, or νῶτος, ὁ, pl. always <b class="b3">νῶτα, τά</b> in early writers (<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> οἱ νῶτοι <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">3 Ki.</span>7.19(33)</span>) : the gender of thesg. is undetermined in Hom. and Hes. ; neut. in <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>1.28</span>, <span class="bibl">4.83</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Cyc.</span>237</span>, <span class="bibl">643</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>289</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pax</span>747</span>, <span class="bibl">Antiph.132.6</span> (anap.), and always in Att. acc. to Phryn. 257, etc. : acc. <b class="b3">νῶτον</b> is masc. in <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Prorrh.</span>2</span>.&lt;*&gt;<span class="bibl">0</span>,<span class="bibl">40</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Eq.</span>3.3</span> (as cited by Hdn.Gr.<span class="bibl">1.215</span>), <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>512b17</span>, <span class="bibl">544a6</span>, <span class="bibl">Ephor.224J.</span> :—<b class="b2">back</b>, both cf men and animals : sg., of a man, <span class="bibl">Il.5.147</span>, <span class="bibl">13.289</span>, etc. ; of a boar, <b class="b3">φρίσσεινῶτον</b> ib.<span class="bibl">473</span> ; ν. . . ὄϊος καὶ πίονος αἰγός <span class="bibl">9.207</span> ; of horses, ἐπὶ νῶτον ἐῗσαι <span class="bibl">2.765</span> ; of an eagle, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>1.9</span> : pl. freq. used in Poets in sense of sg., δράκων ἐπὶ νῶτα δαφοινός <span class="bibl">Il.2.308</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Od.6.225</span>, etc. : sts. in Ep. of the <b class="b2">chine</b> of an animal served as food, <b class="b3">νῶτα βοὸς . . πίονα</b> ib.<span class="bibl">4.65</span> ; νώτοισιν δ' Ὀδυσῆα διηνεκέεσσι γέραιρεν <span class="bibl">14.437</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Il.7.321</span> ; of men in battle, <b class="b3">τὰ νῶτα ἐντρέψαι</b> to turn <b class="b2">the back</b>, i.e. flee, <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.211</span> ; <b class="b3">νῶτον ἐπιστρέψαι</b> Orac.ib.<span class="bibl">141</span> ; σν μὴ δῷς ν. μηδενί <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PTeb.</span>21.8</span> (ii B. C.) ; δοτέον τὰ ν. Plu.2.787f ; δεῖξαι νῶτα <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Marc.</span>12</span> (this phrase also of the winner in a race, <span class="title">AP</span>9.557 (Antip. Thess.)) ; πίπτειν ἐπὶ νώτῳ <span class="bibl">A. <span class="title">Supp.</span>91</span>(lyr.) ; <b class="b3">κατὰ νώτου</b> in <b class="b2">rear</b>, κατὰ νώτου γενέσθαι τινός <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.9</span>, <span class="bibl">10</span> ; <b class="b3">τὸ στρατόπεδον κατὰ ν. λαβεῖν</b> ib.<span class="bibl">75</span> ; κατὰ ν. βοηθεῖν <span class="bibl">Th.1.62</span>, etc. ; κατὰ νῶτα <span class="bibl">Theoc.22.84</span> ; <b class="b2">back</b> of the finger, Procop. Gaz.<span class="title">Ecphr.</span> 168.11. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> metaph., <b class="b2">any wide surface</b>, esp. of the sea, ἐπ' εὐρέα νῶτα θαλάσσης <span class="bibl">Il.2.159</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.3.142</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>762</span> ; ἐν νώτοισι ποντίας ἁλός <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hel.</span>129</span> ; <b class="b3">πόντου 'πὶ νώτοις</b> ib.<span class="bibl">774</span> ; also of the land, σχίζε ν. γᾶς <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>4.228</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">26</span> ; χθονὸς ν. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IT</span>46</span> ; of the sky, ἀστεροειδέα ν. αἰθέρος <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Fr.</span>114a</span>p.<span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Th.</span>1067</span>(lyr.) ; ἐπὶ τῷ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ν. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span> 247c</span> ; but <b class="b3">ἕσπερα ν</b>. the <b class="b2">evening</b>, i.e. <b class="b2">western, sky</b>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">El.</span>731</span>(lyr.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">ridge</b> of a hill or rock, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>7.87</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>128</span>(lyr.) ; of a tomb, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Hel.</span>842</span>, etc. ; of a chariot, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Tr.</span>572</span> (anap.) ; of a saw, <span class="title">AP</span>6.204 (Leon.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">nave</b> of a wheel, LXX l.c. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b2">back</b> of a page, Gal. 15.624 ; τὰ κατὰ νώτου <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>1725.9</span> (iii A.D.). (Perh. cf. Lat. <b class="b3">νᾰτες</b>.) </span>
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|lstext='''νῶτον''': τό, ἢ [[νῶτος]], ὁ πληθ. ἀείποτε, νῶτα, τά, (πλὴν παρὰ μεταγεν. ὡς Ἑβδ. (Γ΄ Βασιλ. Ζ΄, 33)˙ τὸ γένος τοῦ ἑνικοῦ [[εἶναι]] ἀόρ. παρ’ Ὁμ. καὶ Ἡσ.˙ [[εἶναι]] οὐδέτ. παρὰ Πινδ. ΙΙ. 1. 55., 4. 146, Εὐρ. Κύκλ. 237, 643, Ἀριστοφ. Ἱππ. 289, Εἰρ. 731, Ἀντιφάν. ἐν «Κύκλωπι» 1, 6, καὶ ἀείποτε παρ’ Ἀττ. κατὰ τοὺς ἀττικίζοντας (Φρύν. 290, Μοῖρ. 267 κλ.), ἂν καὶ ἡ αἰτ. [[νῶτον]] ἀπαντᾷ ὡς ἀρσ. οὐ μόνον παρ’ Ἱππ. 109Β, C, 112D, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐν Ξεν. Ἱππ. 3, 3, Ἀριστ. π. τὰ Ζ. Ἱστ. 3. 3, 1., 5. 12, 1˙ - τὸ [[ὄπισθεν]] [[μέρος]] τοῦ σώματος, ἡ [[ῥάχις]] ἢ «[[πλάτη]]», Λατ. tergum, ἐπί τε ἀνθρώπων καὶ ἐπὶ ζῴων˙ ἐν τῷ ἑνικῷ ἐπὶ ἀνθρώπων, Ἰλ. Ε. 147., Ν. 289, κτλ.˙ ἐπὶ κάπρου, φρίσσει [[νῶτον]] Ν. 473˙ ἐπὶ προβάτου καὶ αἰγός, ν. [[ὄϊος]]... καὶ πίρνος αἰγὸς Ι. 207˙ ἐπὶ ἵππων, ἐπὶ [[νῶτον]] ἐΐσαι Β. 765, κτλ.˙ ἀλλ’ ὁ πληθ. [[συχνάκις]] παρὰ ποιηταῖς ἐν χρήσει ὡς τὸ Λατ. terga, [[μετὰ]] τῆς ἐννοίας τοῦ ἑνικοῦ, [[δράκων]] ἐπὶ νῶτα δαφοινὸς Β. 308, πρβλ. Ὀδ. Ζ. 225, κτλ.˙ ἐπὶ τῆς ῥάχεως, ἢ τῆς «πλάτης» ζῴου παρασκευασθείσης πρὸς βρῶσιν, νῶτα βοὸς ... πίονα Δ. 65˙ νώτοισιν δ’ Ὀδυσῆα διηνεκέεσσι γέραιρε, δηλ. διὰ τεμαχίων κοπτομένων κατὰ [[μῆκος]] τῆς ῥάχεως, Ξ. 437, πρβλ. Ἰλ. Η. 321˙ - ἐπὶ ἀνδρῶν ἐν μάχῃ, τὰ νῶτα ἐντρέπειν, ἐπιστρέψαι, στρέφειν τὰ νῶτα, δηλ. φεύγειν, τρέπεσθαι εἰς φυγήν, Ἡρόδ. 7. 211, 141˙ νῶτα δοῦνα, Λατιν. dare terga, Πλούτ. 2. 787F· νῶτα δεῖξαι ὁ αὐτ. ἐν Μαρκέλλ. 12˙ ἀλλὰ τὸ τελευταῖον τοῦτο λέγεται καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ νικῶντος ἐν δρομικῷ ἀγῶνι, Ἀνθ. Π. 9. 557˙ πίπτειν ἐπὶ νώτῳ Αἰσχύλ. Ἱκ. 90˙ κατὰ νώτου, ἐκ τῶν νώτων, [[ὄπισθεν]], κατὰ νώτου γενέσθαι τινὸς Ἡρόδ. 1. 9, 10˙ τὸ [[στρατόπεδον]] κατὰ ν. λαβεῖν [[αὐτόθι]] 75˙ κατὰ ν. βοηθεῖν Θουκ. 1. 62, κτλ.˙ [[ὡσαύτως]], κατὰ νῶτα Θεόκρ. 22.84. ΙΙ. μεταφορ., πᾶσα εὐρεῖα [[ἐπιφάνεια]], ἰδίως τῆς θαλάσσης, ἐπ’ εὐρέα νῶτα θαλάσσης Ἰλ. Β. 159, Ὀδ. Γ. 142, Ἡσ. κλ.˙ ἐν νώτοισι ποντίας ἁλὸς Εὐρ. Ἑλ. 129˙ πόντου ’πὶ νώτοις [[αὐτόθι]] 774˙ - [[ὡσαύτως]] ἐπὶ μεγάλων ἐκτάσεων γῆς, πεδιάδες, νῶτα γαίας Πινδ. Π. 4. 45˙ χθονὸς ν. Εὐρ. Ι. Τ. 46˙ [[οὕτως]], ἀστεροειδέα νῶτα αἰθέρος παρ’ Ἀριστοφ. ἐν Θεσμ. 1067˙ ἐπὶ τῷ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ν. Πλάτ. Φαῖδρ. 247C· ἕσπερα νῶτα, ἡ ἑσπερινὴ [[ὄψις]] τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, Εὐρ. Ἠλ. 731. 2) τὸ ἄνω [[μέρος]], ἡ [[ῥάχις]] ὄρους, Πινδ. Ο. 7. 160, Εὐρ. Ἱππ. 127˙ ἐπὶ τύμβου, ὁ αὐτ. ἐν Ἑλ. 842 κτλ.˙ ἐπὶ δίφρου, ὁ αὐτ. ἐν Τρῳ. 572, κτλ. (Τὸ Λατ. nates [[ἴσως]] παράγεται ἐκ τῆς αὐτῆς ῥίζης˙ πρβλ. [[ὡσαύτως]] [[νόσφι]] ἐν τέλ.).
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