thorax
See also: Thorax
English
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Diagram showing the thorax of an insect.
Etymology
From Latin thorax, from Ancient Greek θώραξ (thṓrax, “a breastplate, cuirass, corslet”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: thôr'aks, IPA(key): /ˈθɔɹæks/
Audio (RP) (file)
Noun
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 terms
Translations
region of the mammalian body
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middle of three distinct divisions in an insect, crustacean or arachnid body
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Finnish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin thorax, from Ancient Greek θώραξ (thṓrax).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtho(ː)rɑks/, [ˈt̪ho̞(ː)rɑks̠]
Declension
| 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 | |
| Possessive forms of thorax (type risti) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | thoraxini | thoraximme |
| 2nd person | thoraxisi | thoraxinne |
| 3rd person | thoraxinsa | |
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɔ.ʁaks/
Audio (file)
Further reading
- “thorax”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek θώραξ (thṓrax, “a breastplate, cuirass, corslet”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈtʰoː.raks/, [ˈt̪ʰoːräks̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈto.raks/, [ˈt̪ɔːräks]
Noun
thōrax m (genitive thōrācis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | thōrax | thōrācēs |
| Genitive | thōrācis | thōrācum |
| Dative | thōrācī | thōrācibus |
| Accusative | thōrācem | thōrācēs |
| Ablative | thōrāce | thōrācibus |
| Vocative | thōrax | thōrācēs |
Synonyms
- (breastplate): lōrīca
Descendants
- → Catalan: tòrax
- → English: thorax
- → Esperanto: torako
- → French: thorax
- → Galician: tórax
- → German: Thorax
- → Ido: torako
- → Indonesian: toraks
- → Irish: tóracs
- → Italian: torace
- → Lombard: torax
- → Malay: toraks
- → Occitan: torax
- → Portuguese: tórax, torace
- → Russian: то́ракс (tóraks)
- → Slovene: toraks
- → Spanish: tórax
- → Swedish: thorax
References
- “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
- “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
Portuguese
Noun
thorax m (plural thoraxes)
- Obsolete spelling of tórax (used in Portugal until September 1911 and in Brazil until the 1940s).
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