νῶτον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό, or [[νῶτος]], ὁ, pl. always [[νῶτα]], τά in early writers<br><span class="bld">A</span> (οἱ νῶτοι [[LXX]] ''3 Ki.''7.19(33)): the gender of thesg. is undetermined in Hom. and Hes.; neut. in Pi.''P.''1.28, 4.83, E.''Cyc.''237, 643, [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Knights|Eq.]]''289, ''Pax''747, Antiph.132.6 (anap.), and always in Att. acc. to Phryn. 257, etc.: acc. [[νῶτον]] is masc. in Hp.''Prorrh.''2.†0,40, X.''Eq.''3.3 (as cited by Hdn.Gr.1.215), Arist.''HA''512b17, 544a6, Ephor.224J.:—[[back]], both cf men and animals: sg., of a man, Il.5.147, 13.289, etc.; of a boar, [[φρίσσεινῶτον]] ib.473; ν.… ὄϊος καὶ πίονος αἰγός 9.207; of horses, ἐπὶ νῶτον ἐῗσαι 2.765; of an eagle, Pi.''P.''1.9: pl. freq. used in Poets in sense of sg., δράκων ἐπὶ νῶτα δαφοινός Il.2.308, cf. Od.6.225, etc.: sometimes in Ep. of the [[chine]] of an animal served as food, <b class="b3">νῶτα βοὸς… πίονα</b> ib.4.65; νώτοισιν δ' Ὀδυσῆα διηνεκέεσσι γέραιρεν 14.437, cf. Il.7.321; of men in battle, <b class="b3">τὰ νῶτα ἐντρέψαι</b> to turn [[the back]], i.e. flee, Hdt.7.211; <b class="b3">νῶτον ἐπιστρέψαι</b> Orac.ib.141; σν μὴ δῷς ν. μηδενί ''PTeb.''21.8 (ii B. C.); δοτέον τὰ ν. Plu.2.787f; δεῖξαι νῶτα Id.''Marc.''12 (this phrase also of the winner in a race, ''AP''9.557 (Antip. Thess.)); πίπτειν ἐπὶ νώτῳ A. ''Supp.''91(lyr.); <b class="b3">κατὰ νώτου</b> in [[rear]], κατὰ νώτου γενέσθαι τινός Hdt.1.9, 10; <b class="b3">τὸ στρατόπεδον κατὰ ν. λαβεῖν</b> ib.75; κατὰ ν. βοηθεῖν Th.1.62, etc.; κατὰ νῶτα Theoc.22.84; [[back]] of the finger, Procop. Gaz.''Ecphr.'' 168.11.<br><span class="bld">II</span> metaph., [[any wide surface]], especially of the sea, ἐπ' εὐρέα νῶτα θαλάσσης Il.2.159, Od.3.142, cf. Hes.''Th.''762; ἐν νώτοισι ποντίας ἁλός E.''Hel.''129; <b class="b3">πόντου 'πὶ νώτοις</b> ib.774; also of the land, σχίζε ν. γᾶς Pi.''P.''4.228, cf. 26; χθονὸς ν. E.''IT''46; of the sky, ἀστεροειδέα ν. αἰθέρος Id.''Fr.''114ap.Ar.''Th.''1067(lyr.); ἐπὶ τῷ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ν. Pl.''Phdr.'' 247c; but <b class="b3">ἕσπερα ν.</b> the [[evening]], i.e. [[western]], [[sky]], E.''El.''731(lyr.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[ridge]] of a hill or rock, Pi.''O.''7.87, E.''Hipp.''128(lyr.); of a tomb, Id.''Hel.''842, etc.; of a chariot, Id.''Tr.''572 (anap.); of a saw, ''AP''6.204 (Leon.).<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[nave]] of a wheel, [[LXX]] [[l.c.]]<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[back]] of a page, Gal. 15.624; τὰ κατὰ νώτου ''[[Oxyrhynchus Papyri|POxy.]]''1725.9 (iii A.D.). (Perh. cf. Lat. [[nates]].)