thorax
See also: Thorax
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin thorax, from Ancient Greek θώραξ (thṓrax, “a breastplate, cuirass, corslet”).
PronunciationEdit
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 to which the legs are attached.
Derived termsEdit
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) | |||
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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 |
Possessive forms of thorax (type risti) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | thoraxini | thoraximme |
2nd person | thoraxisi | thoraxinne |
3rd person | thoraxinsa |
SynonymsEdit
- (part of insect's body): keskiruumis
FrenchEdit
PronunciationEdit
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NounEdit
thorax m (plural thorax)
LatinEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Ancient Greek θώραξ (thṓrax, “a breastplate, cuirass, corslet”).
PronunciationEdit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈtʰoː.raks/, [ˈt̪ʰoː.ɾaks̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈto.raks/, [ˈt̪ɔː.raks]
NounEdit
thōrax m (genitive thōrācis); third declension
DeclensionEdit
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | thōrax | thōrācēs |
Genitive | thōrācis | thōrācum |
Dative | thōrācī | thōrācibus |
Accusative | thōrācem | thōrācēs |
Ablative | thōrāce | thōrācibus |
Vocative | thōrax | thōrācēs |
SynonymsEdit
- (breastplate): lōrīca
DescendantsEdit
- → Catalan: tòrax
- → English: thorax
- → Esperanto: torako
- → French: thorax
- → Galician: tórax
- → German: Thorax
- → Ido: torako
- → Irish: tóracs
- → Italian: torace
- → Lombard: torax
- → Malay: toraks
- → Occitan: torax
- → Portuguese: tórax, torace
- → Russian: то́ракс (tóraks)
- → Slovene: toraks
- → Spanish: tórax
- → Swedish: thorax
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 Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- 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).