backbone
From LSJ
Ἴσος ἴσθι πᾶσι, κἂν ὑπερέχῃς τῷ βίῳ → Quamvis superior sorte, da te aequum omnibus → Sei allen gleich, auch wenn du reicher bist
Ἴσος ἴσθι πᾶσι, κἂν ὑπερέχῃς τῷ βίῳ → Quamvis superior sorte, da te aequum omnibus → Sei allen gleich, auch wenn du reicher bist
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).