thorax
From LSJ
Ἒστιν ὃ μὲν χείρων, ὃ δ' ἀμείνων ἔργον ἕκαστον· οὐδεὶς δ' ἀνθρώπων αὐτὸς ἅπαντα σοφός. (Theognis 901f.) → One is worse, the other better at each deed, but no man is wise in all things.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
thōrax: ācis, m. (but f. Treb. Poll. Claud. 3, 3), = θώραξ,>
I the breast, chest, thorax.
I Lit., in anatomy, Cels. 5, 25, 8; Plin. 27, 7, 28, § 49.—
II Transf.
A A defence, armor, or covering for the breast, a breastplate, corselet, cuirass; a doublet, stomacher (syn. lorica), Liv. 4, 20, 7; Suet. Aug. 82; Verg. A. 10, 337; Mart. 7, 1, 1.— Dat. thoracibus, Val. Fl. 3, 87.—Gen. thoracum, Claud. in Ruf. 2, 260.—
B A bust, Treb. Claud. Goth. 3.
