Θωρακεῖον

breastwork, parapet

Translated by Ryan Stone26 Feb 2008Vetting: high3 revisions

3 words

[Meaning] a wall.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Θωρακεῖον· τὸ τεῖχος.

Betacode

*qwrakei=on: to\ tei=xos.

Notes

Same entry in ps.-Zonaras and, according to Adler, the Ambrosian Lexicon.
For this sense of the headword cf. under theta 437, and generally LSJ s.v., sense (I).1.

Linked from2 entries

θ437Θωρακείοιςbreastworks, parapets[Meaning] bastions, railings, lorica. "Cowering beneath the breastworks, they kept still for a while."
θ438Θωράκιονbreastwork, parapetThat [sc. on the back] of an elephant. "Hannibal, general of the Carthaginians, bringing his breastworks of the elephants and, with these mini-houses of the beasts, cutting down the branches to as great a height as…

Neighbouring entries

θ434Θωπείαflattery θ435Θωπικαίdisposed to flattery θ436Θωρακεῖονbreastwork, parapet θ437Θωρακείοιςbreastworks, parapets θ438Θωράκιονbreastwork, parapet

Revision history3 revisions · last 28 Apr 2016

28 Apr 2016coding — David Whitehead
4 Jan 2013Revised — David Whitehead
27 Feb 2008note; another keyword — David Whitehead
26 Feb 2008Translated — Ryan Stone