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Greek Noun Male

νῶτος, -ου, ὁ in Att. most frequently τὸ νῶτον, and in pl. always τὰ νῶτα, [in LXX, ὁ ν, pl, οἱ νῶτοι and τὰ νῶτα, chiefly for כָּתֵף, also for עֹרֶף, מֹתֶן;] /the back: Rom.11:10 (LXX). (AS)

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Greek Noun Male

νῶτον, τό, or νῶτος, ὁ, plural always νῶτα, τά in early writers (οἱ νῶτοι [LXX]: the gender of thesg. is undetermined in [Refs 8th c.BC+], and always in Attic dialect accusative to [Refs 2nd c.AD+] is masculine in [Refs 5th c.BC+] (as cited by Hdn.Gr.[Refs 4th c.BC+]:—back, both cf men and animals: singular, of a man, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of a boar, φρίσσεινῶτον[Refs]; of horses, ἐπὶ νῶτον ἐῗσαι [Refs]; of an eagle, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: plural frequently used in Poets in sense of singular, δράκων ἐπὶ νῶτα δαφοινός [Refs 8th c.BC+]: sometimes in Epic dialect of the chine of an animal served as food, νῶτα βοὸς. πίονα[Refs 8th c.BC+]; of men in battle, τὰ νῶτα ἐντρέψαι to turn the back, i.e. flee, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; νῶτον ἐπιστρέψαι[Refs 2nd c.BC+]; δοτέον τὰ ν. [Refs 1st c.AD+] (this phrase also of the winner in a race, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; κατὰ νώτου in rear, κατὰ νώτου γενέσθαι τινός [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ στρατόπεδον κατὰ ν. λαβεῖν[Refs 5th c.BC+]; back of the finger, [Refs 6th c.AD+] II) metaphorically, any wide surface, especially of the sea, ἐπ᾽ εὐρέα νῶτα θαλάσσης [Refs 8th c.BC+]; also of the land, σχίζε ν. γᾶς [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the sky, ἀστεροειδέα ν. αἰθέρος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but ἕσπερα ν. the evening, i.e. western, sky, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.2) ridge of a hill or rock, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a tomb, [Refs]; of a chariot, [Refs]; of a saw, [Refs 1st c.AD+] II.3) nave of a wheel, [Refs] II.4) back of a page, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

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Noun Masculine

the back; back; of uncertain affinity