The corpus record

θωρᾱκ-εῖον

thorakeion · τό

breastwork, parapet

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Where it lives

Seven Against Thebes 1 · 1.99/10k

What it meant — LSJ

breastwork, parapet, dwarf-wall, breast-high part

= θωράκιον II, breastwork, parapet, or dwarf-wall of an enclosure, A. Th. 32, IG 2(2).463.86, IGRom. 4.293ai39 (Pergam., ii B.C.), 1465,1474 (Smyrna), D.S. 17.44 (v.l. -ίοις); the breast-high part of a wall-surface, ἵνα γραφῇ . . θ. ὀροβοειδές PCair.Zen. 445 (iii B.C.).

2 gunwale

gunwale of a trireme, IG 2(2).1604.31.

II cuirass

cuirass, PCair.Zen. 14.12 (iii B.C.).

In the wild

θωρακεῖα · thōrakeia Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 30–34

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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