θωρακεῖον

θωρᾱκ-εῖον, τό,

• = θωράκιον II, breastwork, parapet, or dwarf-wall of an enclosure, A. Th. 32, IG 2(2).463.86, IGRom. 4.293ai39 (Pergam., ii B.C.), 1465,1474 (Smyrna), D.S. 17.44 (v.l. -ίοις); the breast-high part of a wall-surface, ἵνα γραφῇ . . θ. ὀροβοειδές PCair.Zen. 445 (iii B.C.).
• • • 2 gunwale of a trireme, IG 2(2).1604.31.
  • II cuirass, PCair.Zen. 14.12 (iii B.C.).