thorax
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EnglishEdit
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EtymologyEdit
From Latin thorax, from Ancient Greek θώραξ (thṓrax, “a breastplate, cuirass, corslet”)
NounEdit
thorax (plural thoraces or thoraxes)
- (anatomy) The region of the mammalian body between the neck and abdomen as well as the cavity containing the heart and lungs.
- (entomology and arachnology) The middle of three distinct divisions in an insect, crustacean or arachnid body.
Derived termsEdit
Derived terms
TranslationsEdit
region of the mammalian body
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middle of three distinct divisions in an insect, crustacean or arachnid body
FinnishEdit
NounEdit
thorax
DeclensionEdit
| Inflection of thorax (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | thorax | thoraxit | |
| genitive | thoraxin | thoraxien | |
| partitive | thoraxia | thoraxeja | |
| illative | thoraxiin | thoraxeihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | thorax | thoraxit | |
| accusative | nom. | thorax | thoraxit |
| gen. | thoraxin | ||
| genitive | thoraxin | thoraxien | |
| partitive | thoraxia | thoraxeja | |
| inessive | thoraxissa | thoraxeissa | |
| elative | thoraxista | thoraxeista | |
| illative | thoraxiin | thoraxeihin | |
| adessive | thoraxilla | thoraxeilla | |
| ablative | thoraxilta | thoraxeilta | |
| allative | thoraxille | thoraxeille | |
| essive | thoraxina | thoraxeina | |
| translative | thoraxiksi | thoraxeiksi | |
| instructive | — | thoraxein | |
| abessive | thoraxitta | thoraxeitta | |
| comitative | — | thoraxeineen | |
SynonymsEdit
- (part of insect's body): keskiruumis
FrenchEdit
LatinEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Ancient Greek θώραξ (thṓrax, “a breastplate, cuirass, corslet”)
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
thōrax m (genitive thōrācis); third declension
DeclensionEdit
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | thōrax | thōrācēs |
| genitive | thōrācis | thōrācum |
| dative | thōrācī | thōrācibus |
| accusative | thōrācem | thōrācēs |
| ablative | thōrāce | thōrācibus |
| vocative | thōrax | thōrācēs |
SynonymsEdit
- (breastplate): lōrīca
ReferencesEdit
- thorax in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- thorax in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “thorax” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
- thorax in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia[1]
- thorax in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- thorax in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
PortugueseEdit
NounEdit
thorax m (plural thoraxes)
- Obsolete spelling of tórax (used in Portugal until September 1911 and died out in Brazil during the 1920s).