νῶτον,τό, orνῶτος,ὁ, pl. alwaysνῶτα, τάin early writers (
A.
οἱ νῶτοι
LXX 3 Ki. 7.19(33)
) : the gender of thesg. is undetermined in Hom. and Hes. ; neut. in Pi. P. 1.28 , 4.83 , E. Cyc. 237 , 643 , Ar. Eq. 289 , Pax 747 , Antiph. 132.6 (anap.), and always in Att. acc. to Phryn. 257 , etc. : acc.νῶτονis masc. in Hp. Prorrh. 2 .<*> 0 , 40 , X. Eq. 3.3 (as cited by Hdn.Gr. 1.215 ), Arist. HA 512b17 , 544a6 , Ephor. 224J. :—back,both cf men and animals : sg., of a man, Il. 5.147 , 13.289 , etc. ; of a boar,φρίσσεινῶτονib. 473 ; ν. . . ὄϊος καὶ πίονος αἰγός
9.207
; of horses, ἐπὶ νῶτον ἐῗσαι
2.765
; of an eagle, Pi. P. 1.9 : pl. freq. used in Poets in sense of sg., δράκων ἐπὶ νῶτα δαφοινός
Il. 2.308
, cf. Od. 6.225 , etc. : sts. in Ep. of thechineof an animal served as food,νῶτα βοὸς . . πίοναib. 4.65 ; νώτοισιν δ' Ὀδυσῆα διηνεκέεσσι γέραιρεν
14.437