γυναιξὶ πάσαις κόσμον ἡ σιγὴ φέρει → silence for all women is an ornament (Menander)
P. and V. ῥάχις, ἡ (Plato), σφόνδυλοι, οἱ (Plato), V. ἄκανθα, ἡ, νωτιαῖα ἄρθρα, τά.
of the spine, adj.: P. and V. νωτιαῖος.
