θώραξ
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.
English (Strong)
of uncertain affinity; the chest ("thorax"), i.e. (by implication) a corslet: breast-plate.
English (Thayer)
(Ι) Iota: on the iota subscript in manuscripts and editions of the N. T. see Lipsius, Gram. Untersuch., p. 3ff; Scrivener, Introduction, etc., p. 42, and Index II, under the word; Kuenen and Cobet, N. T. Vat., praef., p. xi f; Tdf. Proleg., p. 109; WH. Introductory § 410; Winer s Grammar, § 5,4; Buttmann, pp. 11,44f, 69; and see under the words, ἀθοως, ζοων, Ἡρῴδης etc., πρῷρα, Τρῳάς, ὀων. Ἰ´ is often substituted for εἰ, especially in nouns ending in (; on their accent, see Chandler § 95ff), in proper names, etc.; cf. WH s Appendix, p. 153; Introductory § 399; Tdf. Proleg., pp. 83,86f; Scrivener, Introduction, etc., p. 10f; Sophocles' Lexicon, under the word ἘΙ; Meisterhans, p. 23 f; (on the usage of the manuscripts cf. Tdf. Conlatio critica the Sinaiticus manuscript;
c. text. Elz. etc., p. xviii.; Scrivener, Full Collation of the Sinaiticus manuscript, etc. 2nd edition, p. lii.). Examples of this spelling in recent editions are the following: ἁγνια WH, ἀλαζονια T WH, ἀναιδια T WH, ἀπειθια WH (except ἀρεσκια T WH, δουλια T, ἐθελοθρησκία T WH, εἰδωλολατρία WH, ἐιλικρινια T WH, ἐπιεικία WH, ἐριθια WH, ἑρμηνια WH, θρησκια T, ἱερατια WH, κακοηθια WH, κακοπαθία WH, κολακια T WH, κυβία T WH, μαγία T WH, μεθοδια T WH, ὀφθαλμοδουλία T WH, παιδία T (everywhere; see his note on πραγματια T WH, πραϋπαθία T WH, φαρμακια T WH (except ὠφελία WH, Ἀτταλια T WH, Καισαρια T WH, Λαοδικια T WH, Σαμαρια T WH (Σαμαρίτης, Σαμαρῖτις, T), Σελευκια T WH, φιλαδελφία T WH; occasionally the same substitution occurs in other words: e. g. αἰγιος WH, Ἀριος (πάγος) T, δανίζω T WH, δανιον WH, δανιστής T WH, εἰδώλιον T WH, ἐξαλιφθῆναι WH, Ἐπικουριος T WH, ἡμίσιά WH (see ἥμισυς), καταλελιμμενος WH, λίμμα WH, Νεφθαλίμ WH in ὀρινος WH, πίθος WH, σκοτινος WH, ὑπόλιμμα WH, φωτινος WH, χρεοφιλετης (T?) WH; also in augment, as ἱστήκειν WH, ἴδον (see εἰδῶ I. at the beginning); cf. WH's Appendix, p. 162b. On iota as a demonstrative addition to adverbs, etc., see νυνί at the beginning On the use and the omission of the mark of diaeresis with ἰ in certain words, see Tdf. Proleg., p. 108; Lipsius, Gram. Untersuch., p. 136ff)
