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|Definition=-ᾱκος, Ep. and Ion. [[θώρηξ]], ηκος, Aeol. [[θόρραξ]] Alc.15 (codd. Ath.), ὁ:—<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[corslet]], θώραξ χάλκεος Il.23.560; [[παναίολος]] II.374; [[πολυδαίδαλος]] 4.136, cf. 11.19, etc.; δεκάμνουν θώρηκος κύτος Ar.''Pax''1224; ἔξαιρε παῖ θώρακα… τὸν χοᾶ Id.''Ach.''1133; θ… γυάλοισιν ἀρηρώς Il.15.529 ([[γύαλα]] expld. as front- and back-piece fastened with [[περόναι]], Paus.10.26.5); θώρηκος γύαλον Il.5.99; [[ὅθι διπλόος ἤντετο θώρηξ]] = [[where the cuirass met the buckle so as to be double]] 4.133; κατὰ ζώνην θώρηκος ἔνερθε 11.234; linen [[jerkin]] (not worn by Homeric Greeks acc. to Sch.Il.2.529, but cf. [[λινοθώρηξ]]), θόρρακες νέω λίνω Alc. [[l.c.]], cf. [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.182, 3.47, ''Chron.Lind.''C.36, Paus.6.19.7.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[coat of mail]], [[scale armour]], θώραξ χρύσεος λεπιδωτός [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]9.22, cf. 74; [[φολιδωτός]] Posidipp.26.7, cf. Paus.1.21.6; of chain mail, v. [[ἁλυσιδωτός]].<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[slough]] of a [[serpent]], [[καθάπερ ὄφις παλαιὸν ἀποδύεται θώρακα]] = [[just as a snake sheds its old skin]] Porph.''Chr.''88.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[part covered by the thorax]] ''1'', [[trunk]], Hp.''de Arte''10, E.''HF''1095, Arist.''HA''493a5; κεφαλῆς καὶ θώρακος καὶ τῆς κάτω κοιλίας Id.''Pr.''962a34; sometimes taken as extending below the midriff, Pl.''Ti.''69e; ἀπ' αὐχένος μέχρι αἰδοίων Arist.''HA''491a30, cf. ''PA''686b5, [[ἐν τῷ κάτω θώρακος χωρίῳ]], of the [[abdominal cavity]], Gal.16.448; but also of the [[chest]], [[thorax]], Arist.''HA''493a17:—there is a play on signfs. ''1'' and ''ΙΙ'' in Ar.''V.''1194 sq.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[thorax]] of crustaceans, [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Historia Animalium|HA]]''601a13, al.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[bandage for the chest]], Heliod. ap. Orib.48.48 tit., Sor.''Fasc.''33, cf. Gal.18(1).817.<br><span class="bld">III</span> = [[θωράκιον]] II, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.181, D.C.74.10.