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κακῶς ζῆν κρεῖσσον ἢ καλῶς θανεῖν → better to live ignobly than to die nobly, better to live badly than to die well

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Transliteration A: thōrákion Transliteration B: thōrakion Transliteration C: thorakion Beta Code: qwra/kion

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.

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