θώραξ, ᾱκος,
Epic dialect and
Ionic dialect θώρηξ, ηκος,
Aeolic dialect θόρραξ [
Refs 7th c.BC+], ὁ:—
corslet, θ. χάλκεος [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὅθι διπλόος ἤντετο θ[
Refs]; linen
jerkin (not worn by Homeric Greeks
accusative to [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
2)
coat of mail, scale armour, θ. χρύσεος λεπιδωτός [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of chain mail, see at {ἁλυσιδωτός}.
2.b)
slough of a serpent, καθάπερ ὄφις παλαιὸν ἀποδύεται θ. [
Refs 3rd c.AD+]
II)
part covered by the θώραξ [
Refs],
trunk, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; sometimes taken as extending below the midriff, [
Refs 5th c.BC+], of the abdominal cavity, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]; but also of the
chest, thorax, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]:—there is a play on
significations [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.b)
thorax of crustaceans, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.2)
bandage for the chest, [
Refs 1st c.AD+]
III) ={θωράκιον} 11, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]