θώρακος (thorakos)

θώρακος is an Ancient Greek form of θώραξ, meaning “breastplate, chest”. It is the genitive 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 genitive singular masculine noun or adjective.

Found 47 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Plutarch, Aemilius Paulus 19.3: τότε δὲ πρὸς τοὺς μαχομένους ἐπιδεικνύμενος ἵλεω καὶ φαιδρὸν ἑαυτόν ἄνευ κράνους καὶ θώρακος ἵππῳ παρήλαυνεν.

Pindar, Pythian 10.64: πέποιθα ξενίᾳ προσανέϊ Θώρακος, ὅσπερ ἐμὰν ποιπνύων χάριν

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.