thōrax, ācis, m. (but f. Treb. Poll. Claud. 3, 3), = θώραξ, the breast, chest, thorax.
I Lit., in anatomy, Cels. 5, 25, 8; Plin. 27, 7, 28, § 49.—
II Transf.
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.—
B A bust , Treb. Claud. Goth. 3.