θωρακίζω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=prose form of [[θωρήσσω]], <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[arm with a breastplate]] or [[corslet]], θωρακίσας αὐτοὺς καὶ ἵππους <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>8.8.22</span>:—Med., [[put on one's breastplate]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">An.</span>2.2.14</span>:—Pass., [[θωρακισθείς]] ib.<span class="bibl">3.4.35</span>; [[τεθωρακισμένοι]] [[cuirassiers]], <span class="bibl">Th.2.100</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>2.5.35</span>; <b class="b3">ἄγαλμα τεθ</b>. <span class="title">OGI</span>332.7 (Elaea, ii B.C.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> generally, [[cover with defensive armour]], τοὺς ἡνιόχους ἐθωράκισε πλὴν τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>6.1.29</span>; ὄγκῳ… χλανίδος εὖ τεθωρακισμένος <span class="bibl">Ephipp.14.10</span>: metaph., <b class="b3">θ. ἑαυτούς</b>, of wild boars, [[to sheathe]] themselves [[in mud]], preparatory to fighting, <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">HA</span>571b16</span>; of the ichneumon, θωρακισθεὶς πηλῷ <span class="bibl">Str.17.1.39</span>.</span>