θώρηξ
Εὐφήμει, ὦ ἄνθρωπε· ἁσμενέστατα μέντοι αὐτὸ ἀπέφυγον, ὥσπερ λυττῶντά τινα καὶ ἄγριον δεσπότην ἀποδράς → Hush, man, most gladly have I escaped this thing you talk of, as if I had run away from a raging and savage beast of a master
English (LSJ)
ηκος, ὁ, Ion. and Ep. for θώραξ.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1230] ὁ, ion. ep. = θώραξ.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ion. c. θώραξ.
English (Autenrieth)
breast-plate, cuirass, corselet, Il. 11.19 ff. It was usually of bronze, consisting of two plates, γύαλα. (See adjacent cut, also cut No. 33.) The cuirass fitted closely to the body, and was cut square off at the waist; the shoulder-pieces (see cut) were drawn down by small chains and fastened to buttons in front; the metal plates were united by clasps (see cut No. 19); the upper part of the thighs was protected by the μίτρη, worn over the apron, ζῶμα, of leather or felt, and by its metal flaps, πτέρυγες (Nos. 12, 33, 79), or plates (Nos. 3 and 33); over the θώρηξ, μίτρη, and ζῶμα was bound the ζωστήρ (No. 3), below which projected the lower end of the χιτών (Nos. 3, 19, 33; cf. λινοθώρηξ and χιτών).
Greek Monolingual
θώρηξ, -ηκος ὁ (Α)
(ιων. και επικ. τ.) θώρακας.
Greek Monotonic
θώρηξ: -ηκος, ὁ, Ιων. αντί θώραξ.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
θώρηξ: эп.-ион. = θώραξ.
