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English
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Etymology
[edit]From Latin thorax, from Ancient Greek θώραξ (thṓrax, “a breastplate, cuirass, corslet”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- enPR: thôr'aks, IPA(key): /ˈθɔɹæks/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
[edit]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
[edit]- aerothorax
- bithorax
- cephalothorax
- cholothorax
- chylothorax
- endothorax
- enterothorax
- entothorax
- extrathoracic
- fibrothorax
- haemothorax
- hematothorax
- hemithorax
- hemothorax
- hydrothorax
- mesothorax
- metathorax
- midthorax
- opisthothorax
- pneumatothorax
- pneumothorax
- prothorax
- pyothorax
- synthorax
- thoracal
- thoracic
- thoracic vertebra
- thoracoplasty
- trithorax
Translations
[edit]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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin thorax, from Ancient Greek θώραξ (thṓrax).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]thorax
Declension
[edit]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 | |
abessive | thoraxitta | thoraxeitta | |
instructive | — | thoraxein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
[edit]- (part of insect's body): keskiruumis
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
Further reading
[edit]- “thorax”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]thorax m (plural thorax)
Further reading
[edit]- “thorax”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek θώραξ (thṓrax, “a breastplate, cuirass, corslet”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈtʰoː.raks/, [ˈt̪ʰoːräks̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈto.raks/, [ˈt̪ɔːräks]
Noun
[edit]thōrax m (genitive thōrācis); third declension
Declension
[edit]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 |
Synonyms
[edit]- (breastplate): lōrīca
Descendants
[edit]- → Catalan: tòrax
- → English: thorax
- → Esperanto: torako
- → French: thorax
- → Galician: tórax
- → German: Thorax
- → Ido: torako
- → Indonesian: toraks
- → Irish: tóracs
- → Lombard: torax
- → Malay: toraks
- → Occitan: torax
- → Portuguese: tórax, torace
- → Romanian: torace
- → Russian: то́ракс (tóraks)
- → Slovene: toraks
- → Spanish: tórax
- → Swedish: thorax
References
[edit]- “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[2]
- “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 and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
Portuguese
[edit]Noun
[edit]thorax m (plural thoraxes)
- Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1911) of tórax.
Swedish
[edit]Noun
[edit]thorax c
See also
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