The corpus record

μετάφρενον

metaphrenon · τό

part behind the midriff

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Where it lives

Shield of Heracles 1 · 3.09/10k
Odae 1 · 2.46/10k
Iliad 16 · 1.43/10k
Psalmi 2 · 0.58/10k
Protagoras 1 · 0.56/10k
Deuteronomium 1 · 0.45/10k
Isaias 1 · 0.38/10k
Odyssey 1 · 0.12/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

μετάφρενον · metaphrenon — LSJ

part behind the midriff, broad of the back, back

part behind the midriff (μετὰ τὰς φρένας), broad of the back: hence, generally, back, μεταφρένῳ ἐν δόρυ πῆξεν ὤμων μεσσηγύς Il. 5.40, cf. 56, al.; μ. ἠδὲ καὶ ὤμω πλῆξεν 2.265; μ. ἠδὲ καὶ ὤμους (of a woman) Od. 8.528, cf. Hp. Acut. 66; in pl., of a single person, Il. 12.428; ὤμους καὶ μετάφρενα, of a woman, Archil. 29. cf. Hld. 10.32. — Ep. word, used by Pl. Prt. 352a, Arist. Phgn. 810b25, Luc. DMeretr. 4.2.

= τὸ μεταξὺ τοῦ νώτου καὶ ὀσφύος κατὰ τὴν τῶν φρενῶν πρόσφυσιν Ruf. Onom. 90.

In the wild

μεταφρένῳ · metaphrenōi Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 6.2 (DIORISIS sentence 5073)
μετάφρενον · metaphrenon Shield of Heracles 223
μετάφρενον · metaphrenon Iliad 10.29
μεταφρένῳ · metaphrenōi Iliad 11.447
μετάφρενα · metaphrena Iliad 12.428
μετάφρενον · metaphrenon Iliad 16.791

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