backbone
From LSJ
Θησεύς τινʹ ἡμάρτηκεν ἐς σʹ ἁμαρτίαν; (Euripides, Hippolytus 319) → Hath Theseus wronged thee in any wise?
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
subs.
P. and V. σφόνδυλος, ὁ.
Spine: P. and V. ῥάχις, ἡ (Plat.), σφόνδυλοι, οἱ (Plat.), 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 (Eur., Or. 920).
