wearing a breastplate, cuirassier
wearing a breastplate, cuirassier, Hdt. 7.89, 92, 8.113, X. Cyr. 5.3.36, Jul. Or. 2.63c; τὸ θ. D.C. 47.43.
The corpus record
θωρᾱκο-φόρος
thorakophoros
wearing a breastplate, cuirassier
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Where it lives
- Cyropaedia 6 · 0.76/10k
- Histories 3 · 0.16/10k
What it meant — LSJ
In the wild
- θωρηκοφόροι · thōrēkophoroi Herodotus, Histories 7.89.3 (DIORISIS sentence 7592)
- θωρηκοφόροι · thōrēkophoroi Herodotus, Histories 7.92.1 (DIORISIS sentence 7602)
- θωρηκοφόρους · thōrēkophorous Herodotus, Histories 8.113.2 (DIORISIS sentence 9101)
- θωρακοφόρους · thōrakophorous Xenophon, Cyropaedia 5.3.36 (DIORISIS sentence 2626)
- θωρακοφόρους · thōrakophorous Xenophon, Cyropaedia 5.3.37 (DIORISIS sentence 2629)
- θωρακοφόρους · thōrakophorous Xenophon, Cyropaedia 5.3.52 (DIORISIS sentence 2671)
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Where it came from
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