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 (Southern England) (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
- 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
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)rɑ̝ks̠]
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 | ||
| abessive | thoraxitta | thoraxeitta | ||
| instructive | — | thoraxein | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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Synonyms
- (part of insect's body): keskiruumis
Further reading
- “thorax”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (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
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]
- (modern Italianate 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
- → Lombard: torax
- → Malay: toraks
- → Occitan: torax
- → Portuguese: tórax, torace
- → Romanian: 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 and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
Portuguese
Swedish
See also
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