θώρακα (thoraka)

θώρακα is an Ancient Greek form of θώραξ, meaning “breastplate, chest”. It is the accusative singular masculine noun.

It can also be a form of Θῶραξ, “Thorax — A Lacedaemonian, is mentioned by Diodorus as acting under Callicratidas during his operations…”. It is the accusative singular masculine noun or adjective.

Found 76 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Euripides, Heracles 1095: νεανίαν θώρακα καὶ βραχίονα,

Plutarch, Lysander 19.4: … οντος ἀπέστειλεν εἰς τὴν Σπάρτην κατηγόρους, ἀγανακτήσαντες οἱ ἔφοροι τῶν μὲν φίλων αὐτοῦ καὶ συστρατήγων ἕνα Θώρακα λαβόντες ἀργύριον ἰδίᾳ κεκτημένον ἀπέκτειναν, ἐκείνῳ δὲ σκυτάλην ἔπεμψαν ἥκειν κελεύοντες.

Xenophon, Cyropaedia 1.2.13: … ύεσθαι, τόξα μὲν οἱ οὕτω πεπαιδευμένοι οὐκέτι ἔχοντες οὐδὲ παλτὰ στρατεύονται, τὰ δὲ ἀγχέμαχα ὅπλα καλούμενα, θώρακά τε περὶ τοῖς στέρνοις καὶ γέρρον ἐν τῇ ἀριστερᾷ, οἷόνπερ γράφονται οἱ Πέρσαι ἔχοντες, ἐν δὲ τῇ δεξιᾷ μάχαιραν …

All forms of θώραξ (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.