noun greek

thōrax

gen. thōrācis · gender masculine · decl. 3rd

(but Treb. Poll. Claud. 3, 3), = θώραξ,

the breast; chest; thorax

the breast, chest, thorax.

Lit., in anatomy, Cels. 5, 25, 8; Plin. 27, 7, 28, § 49.—

by extension

A defence; covering for the breast; a breastplate

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

A bust, Treb. Claud. Goth. 3.

Perseus ID: n48217 Key: thorax