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θώραξ

thorax

corslet

Appears 35 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

θώραξ, ᾱκος, Ep. and Ion. θώρηξ, ηκος, Aeol. θόρραξ Alc. 15 (codd. Ath.), ὁ:—A. corslet, θ. χάλκεος Il. 23.560; παναίολος 11.374; πολυδαίδαλος 4.136, cf. 11.19, etc.; δεκάμνουν θώρηκος κύτος Ar. Pax 1224; ἔξαιρε παῖ θώρακα . . τὸν χοᾶ Id. Ach. 1133; θ . . . γυάλοισιν ἀρηρώς Il. 15.529 (γύαλα expld. as front- and back-piece fastened with περόναι, Paus. 10.26.5); θώρηκος γύαλον Il. 5.99; ὅθι διπλόος ἤντετο θ. 4.133; κατὰ ζώνην θώρηκος ἔνερθε 11.234; linen jerkin (not worn by Homeric Greeks acc. to Sch.Il. 2.529, but cf. λινοθώρηξ) , θόρρακες νέω λίνω Alc. l.c., cf. Hdt. 2.182, 3.47, Chron.Lind.C.36, Paus. 6.19.7. 2. coat of mail, scale armour, θ. χρύσεος λεπιδωτός Hdt. 9.22, cf. 74; φολιδωτός Posidipp. 26.7, cf. Paus. 1.21.6; of chain mail, v. ἁλυσιδωτός. b. slough of a serpent, καθάπερ ὄφις παλαιὸν ἀποδύεται θ. Porph. Chr. 88. II. part covered by the θώραξ I, trunk, Hp. de Arte 10, E. HF 1095, Arist. HA 493a5; κεφαλῆς καὶ θώρακος καὶ τῆς κάτω κοιλίας Id. Pr. 962a34; sts. taken as extending below the midriff, Pl. Ti. 69e; ἀπʼ αὐχένος μέχρι αἰδοίων Arist. HA 491a30, cf. PA 686b5, ἐν τῷ κάτω θώρακος χωρίῳ, of the abdominal cavity, Gal. 16.448; but also of the chest, thorax, Arist. HA 493a17:—there is a play on signfs. I and II in Ar. V. 1194 sq. b. thorax of crustaceans, Arist. HA 601a13, al. 2. bandage for the chest, Heliod. ap. Orib. 48.48 tit., Sor. Fasc. 33, cf. Gal. 18(1).817. III. = θωράκιον II, Hdt. 1.181, D.C. 74.10.
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