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thōrācātus, a, um, adj. [thorax], armed with a breastplate or corselet (Plinian): navarchus, Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 69: effigies Neronis, id. 37, 9, 37, § 118.

thōrācĭcŭlus, i, m. (dim. of thorax), a little bust (late Lat.), Aldh. Laud. Virg. 14.

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.

Thŏrĭus, i, m., the name of a Roman gens; thus, Sp. Thorius Balbus, a tribune of the people, author of the agrarian law, called, after him, Lex Thoria, Cic. Brut. 36, 136; id. de Or. 2, 70, 284; cf. Orell. Index Legg. s. h. v.
Another Thorius, Flor. 3, 22, 6.