στῆθος,εος,τό,
A. breast, of both sexes, being the front part of theθώραξ, divided into twoμαστοί( Arist. HA 493a12 , PA 688a13 , al.), Hom. and later (cf.στέρνον), esp. in Prose, rare (and usu. metaph.) in post-Homeric verse; found once in Pi. , twice in B. , twice in A. , never in S. or E. (v. infr. 1 , 11 ); βάλε ς. παρὰ μαζόν
Il. 4.480
; ἔβαλε ς. μεταμάζιον
5.19
; κληὶ̈ς ἀποέργει αὐχένα τε στῆθός τε
8.326
, cf. Pl. Ti. 69e , 79c (pl.), Prt. 352a (pl.): in pl.,διὰ στήθεσφιν( Ep. gen.) ἔλασσε
Il. 5.41
;στήθεά τ' ἠδ' ἁπαλὴν δειρήν(of Briseis) 19.285 ; of animals, 11.282 , 16.163 , al., cf. X. Cyn. 4.1 , Arist. HA 496a9 , 15 , al., PCair.Zen. 532.7 , 18
(iii B.C.), BGU 469.7
(ii A.D.); ς. φάσσης ἑψημένης
Sor. 2.41
, cf. 1.51 : as the seat of the voice and breath, Il. 3.221 , 9.610 , B. 5.15 , A. Th. 563 (lyr.), 865 (anap.); more freq. as the seat of the heart, Il. 1.189 , Od. 1.341 , Sapph. 2.6 , etc.;chest, Hp. Prorrh. 1.70 , Ar. Nu. 1012 , 1017 (both anap.), Th. 2.49 (pl.), Diocl.Fr. 142 , IG 42(1).121.100 (pl., Epid.,iv B.C.), freq. in Arist. (v. supr.), PEnteux. 79.7