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|Full diacritics=θωρᾱκιον
|Medium diacritics=θωράκιον
|Low diacritics=θωράκιον
|Capitals=ΘΩΡΑΚΙΟΝ
|Transliteration A=thōrákion
|Transliteration B=thōrakion
|Transliteration C=thorakion
|Beta Code=qwra/kion
|Definition=τό, Dim. of <b class="b3">θώραξ</b>, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Par.</span>49</span>. <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">breastwork, parapet</b>, <span class="bibl">Plb.8.4.4</span>, <span class="bibl">D.S.17.44</span> (v.l. for [[-είοις]]), <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">BJ</span>5.7.4</span>, <span class="bibl">Ph.2.324</span>; <b class="b2">shield</b> for those who worked the battering-ram, <span class="bibl">Ath.Mech.18.11</span>; or for those who attempted to burn the enemy's engines, <span class="bibl">D.S.14.51</span>; <b class="b3">λύγου θ</b>. <span class="bibl">Menodot. 1</span>; also, <b class="b2">the tower on the back of elephants</b>, or rather <b class="b2">the upper part thereof</b>, [Plb.]<span class="bibl"><span class="title">Fr.</span>162b</span>, <span class="bibl">D.S.2.17</span>, <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>13.9</span>; <b class="b2">a crow's-nest at the masthead</b>, in which javelin-men were stationed, Asclep.Myrl. ap. <span class="bibl">Ath.11.475a</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b3">δυστυχὲς θ</b>. dub. sens. in <span class="title">Com.Adesp.</span>15.29 D.</span>
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