Lewis & Short

† thōrax, ācis, m. (but f. Treb. Poll. Claud. 3, 3), = θώραξ, the breast, chest, thorax.

  1. I. Lit., in anatomy, Cels. 5, 25, 8; Plin. 27, 7, 28, § 49.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. A defence, armor, or covering for the breast, a breastplate, corselet, cuirass; a doublet, stomacher (syn. lorica), Liv. 4, 20, 7; Suet. Aug. 82; Verg. A. 10, 337; Mart. 7, 1, 1.
      Dat. thoracibus, Val. Fl. 3, 87.
      Gen. thoracum, Claud. in Ruf. 2, 260.
    2. B. A bust, Treb. Claud. Goth. 3.