The corpus record

θωρᾱκ-ίζω

thorakizo

arm with a breastplate

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Where it lives

Machabaeorum I 3 · 1.72/10k
Anabasis 4 · 0.71/10k
Cyropaedia 4 · 0.51/10k
History 1 · 0.07/10k

What it meant

θωρᾱκ-ίζω · thōrak-izō — LSJ

arm with a breastplate, corslet, put on oneʼs breastplate, cuirassiers

arm with a breastplate or corslet, θωρακίσας αὐτοὺς καὶ ἵππους X. Cyr. 8.8.22:—Med., put on oneʼs breastplate, Id. An. 2.2.14:—Pass., θωρακισθείς ib. 3.4.35; τεθωρακισμένοι cuirassiers, Th. 2.100, X. An. 2.5.35; ἄγαλμα τεθ. OGI 332.7 (Elaea, ii B.C.).

II cover with defensive armour, to sheathe, in mud

generally, cover with defensive armour, τοὺς ἡνιόχους ἐθωράκισε πλὴν τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν X. Cyr. 6.1.29; ὄγκῳ . . χλανίδος εὖ τεθωρακισμένος Ephipp. 14.10: metaph., θ. ἑαυτούς, of wild boars, to sheathe themselves in mud, preparatory to fighting, Arist. HA 571b16; of the ichneumon, θωρακισθεὶς πηλῷ Str. 17.1.39.

In the wild

τεθωρακισμένην · tethōrakismenēn Septuaginta, Machabaeorum I 4
τεθωρακισμένους · tethōrakismenous Septuaginta, Machabaeorum I 6
τεθωρακισμένον · tethōrakismenon Septuaginta, Machabaeorum I 6
τεθωρακισμένους · tethōrakismenous Thucydides, History 2.100.5 (DIORISIS sentence 1720)
ἐθωρακίζετο · ethōrakizeto Xenophon, Anabasis 2.2.14 (DIORISIS sentence 734)
τεθωρακισμένοι · tethōrakismenoi Xenophon, Anabasis 2.5.35 (DIORISIS sentence 983)

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