θωρᾱκ-ιον · thōrak-ion — LSJ
Dim. of θώραξ, Luc. Par. 49.
II breastwork, parapet, shield, the tower on the back of elephants, the upper part thereof, a crowʼs-nest at the masthead
breastwork, parapet, Plb. 8.4.4, D.S. 17.44 (v.l. for -είοις), J. BJ 5.7.4, Ph. 2.324; shield for those who worked the battering-ram, Ath.Mech. 18.11; or for those who attempted to burn the enemyʼs engines, D.S. 14.51; λύγου θ. Menodot. 1; also, the tower on the back of elephants, or rather the upper part thereof, [Plb.]Fr. 162b, D.S. 2.17, Ael. NA 13.9; a crowʼs-nest at the masthead, in which javelin-men were stationed, Asclep.Myrl. ap. Ath. 11.475a.
III
δυστυχὲς θ. dub. sens. in Com.Adesp. 15.29 D.