θώραξ
καλῶς δρῶν ἐξαμαρτεῖν μᾶλλον ἢ νικᾶν κακῶς → I would prefer to fail with honor than to win by evil | I prefer to fail by acting rightly rather than win by acting wrongly | Better fail by doing right, than win by doing wrong (Sophocles, Philoctetes 95)
English (LSJ)
ᾱκος, Ep. and Ion. θώρηξ, ηκος, Aeol. θόρραξ Alc.15 (codd. Ath.), ὁ:—
A corslet, θ. χάλκεος Il.23.560; παναίολος 11.374; πολυδαίδαλος 4.136, cf. 11.19, etc.; δεκάμνουν θώρηκος κύτος Ar.Pax1224; 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 θ. 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. Hdt.2.182, 3.47, Chron.Lind.C.36, Paus.6.19.7. 2 coat of mail, scale armour, θ. χρύσεος λεπιδωτός Hdt.9.22, cf. 74; φολιδωτός Posidipp.26.7, cf. Paus.1.21.6; of chain mail, v. ἁλυσιδωτός. b slough of a serpent, καθάπερ ὄφις παλαιὸν ἀποδύεται θ. Porph.Chr.88. II part covered by the θώραξ 1, trunk, Hp.de Arte10, E.HF1095, Arist.HA493a5; κεφαλῆς καὶ θώρακος καὶ τῆς κάτω κοιλίας Id.Pr.962a34; sts. taken as extending below the midriff, Pl.Ti.69e; ἀπ' αὐχένος μέχρι αἰδοίων Arist.HA491a30, cf. PA686b5, ἐν τῷ κάτω θώρακος χωρίῳ, of the abdominal cavity, Gal.16.448; but also of the chest, thorax, Arist.HA493a17:—there is a play on signfs. 1 and 11 in Ar.V.1194 sq. b thorax of crustaceans, Arist. HA601a13, al. 2 bandage for the chest, Heliod. ap. Orib.48.48 tit., Sor.Fasc.33, cf. Gal.18(1).817. III = θωράκιον 11, Hdt.1.181, D.C.74.10.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ᾱκος (ὁ) :
1 partie du corps des épaules à la naissance des cuisses, tronc, buste;
2 p. ext. cuirasse, armure de la poitrine ; fig. murailles, remparts.
Étymologie: DELG pas d’étym., attesté en myc. to-ra-ke ; prob. emprunt.
