backbone
From LSJ
Ῥᾷον φέρειν δεῖ τὰς παρεστώσας τύχας → Facilius ferre oportet, quae incidunt mala → Recht leicht musst du das Schicksal tragen, das dich trifft
Ῥᾷον φέρειν δεῖ τὰς παρεστώσας τύχας → Facilius ferre oportet, quae incidunt mala → Recht leicht musst du das Schicksal tragen, das dich trifft
spine: P. and V. ῥάχις, ἡ (Plato), σφόνδυλοι, οἱ (Plato), V. ἄκανθα, ἡ, νωτιαῖα ἄρθρα, τά.
of the backbone: P. and V. νωτιαῖος.
a farmer, one of those that are the backbone of the land: V. αὐτουργὸς, οἵπερ καὶ μόνοι σώζουσι γῆν (Euripides, Orestes 920).