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LNS

thōrax, thōrācis

thorax

θώραξ,

noun (c., 3^rd Greek declension)

the breast, chest, thorax
A defence, armor, covering for the breast, a breastplate, corselet, cuirass
a doublet, stomacher
A bust

Abbreviations

thōrax, ācis, m. (but f. Treb. Poll. Claud. 3, 3), = θώραξ, the breast, chest, thorax. Lit., in anatomy, Cels. 5, 25, 8; Plin. 27, 7, 28, § 49.

— Transf. A defence, armor, or covering for the breast, a breastplate, corselet, cuirass; a doublet, stomacher (syn. lorica), Liv. 4, 20, 7; Suet. Aug. 82; Verg. A. 10, 337; Mart. 7, 1, 1.

— Dat. thoracibus, Val. Fl. 3, 87.

—Gen. thoracum, Claud. in Ruf. 2, 260.

— A bust, Treb. Claud. Goth. 3.