θώραξ: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: [[cuirass]] (Il.), [[trunk]], [[chest]] (Hp.).<br />Other forms: Ion. [[θώρηξ]], hyper-Aeol. pl. [[θόρρακες]] (Alc.),<br />Dialectal forms: Myc. <b class="b2">to-ra-ke</b> n.pl.<br />Compounds: compp., e. g. <b class="b3">θωρακο-φόρος</b> [[wearing a cuirass]], <b class="b3">χαλκεο-θώρηξ</b> [[with bronze cuirass]].<br />Derivatives: [[θωρακεῖον]] (A., inscr.), [[θωράκιον]] (Plb.) [[breastwork]], [[parapet]]; [[θωρηκτής]] [[soldier with cuirass]] (Il.; on the formation Trümpy [s. below] Redard Les noms grecs en <b class="b3">-της</b> 14, 232 n. 8), [[θωρακίτης]] <b class="b2">id.</b> (Plb.); [[θωρακικός]] [[belonging to the trunk]] (Aët.), [[θωρακαῖος]] <b class="b2">with cuirass (?)</b> (Delos IIa). Denomin. verbs: 1. [[θωρήσσομαι]], <b class="b3">-ω</b> <b class="b2">put on a cuirass, armour yourself</b> (Il.), also metaph. <b class="b2">strengthen onseself (with wine, οἴνῳ, etc.)</b> (Hp., Thgn.) with [[θώρηξις]] [[drinking to intoxication]] (medic.). 2. [[θωρακίζω]] [[armour]] (Th., X.) with [[θωρακισμός]] (LXX).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: Technical word without etymology, probably a loan. Earlier as inherited connected with Skt. <b class="b2">dhāraka-</b> [[container]] (cf. on [[θρᾶνος]], [[θρόνος]]), but also as LW [loanword] compared with Lat. [[lōrīca]]. The meaning <b class="b2">trunk etc.</b> is prob. as medical term secondary against [[cuirass]], [[armour]]. - Ample treatment by Trümpy Fachausdrücke 10ff. Also Hester, Lingua 13 (1965) 354. - Most prob. a Pre-Greek word; Fur. 302 n. 35 points to a v.l. [[θύραξ]], which would prove Pre-Greek origin (Fur. gives more examples of [[ω]]\/[[υ]]; I think that Pre-Gr. [[u]] often was rendered by [[ω]], as it did not have a phoneme [[ω]], nor [[ο]]); the suffix <b class="b3">-ακ-</b> is very frequent in Pre-Greek.