θωράκιον
δρυὸς πεσούσης πᾶς ἀνὴρ ξυλεύεται → when the oak falls, everyone cuts wood | when an oak has fallen, every man gathers wood | on the fall of an oak, every man gathers wood | when an oak has fallen, every man becomes a woodcutter | one takes advantage of somebody who has lost his strength | one takes advantage of somebody who has lost his power | when the tree is fallen, every man goes to it with his hatchet
English (LSJ)
τό, Dim. of θώραξ, Luc.Par.49. II breastwork, parapet, Plb.8.4.4, D.S.17.44 (v.l. for -είοις), J.BJ5.7.4, Ph.2.324; shield for those who worked the battering-ram, Ath.Mech.18.11; or for those who attempted to burn the enemy's engines, D.S.14.51; λύγου θ. Menodot. 1; also, the tower on the back of elephants, or rather the upper part thereof, [Plb.]Fr.162b, D.S.2.17, Ael.NA13.9; a crow's-nest at the masthead, in which javelin-men were stationed, Asclep.Myrl. ap. Ath.11.475a. III δυστυχὲς θ. dub. sens. in Com.Adesp.15.29 D.
