νῶτον, τό,
or νῶτος, ὁ, plural always νῶτα, τά in early writers (οἱ νῶτοι [[ LXX.3Ki.7.19(33))] LXX]: the gender of thesg. is undetermined in [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus and 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus; _neuter_ in 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.28, 4.83, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 237, 643, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 289, “Pax” 747, 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 132.6 (_anapaest meter_)] Refs 8th c.BC+], and always in Attic dialect accusative to [[ 2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista 257, etc.: _accusative_ νῶτον] Refs 2nd c.AD+] is masculine in [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “προρρητικόν” 2.30, 40, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 3.3 ] Refs 5th c.BC+] (as cited by Hdn.Gr.[[ 1.215), 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 512b17, 544a6, 4th c.BC: Ephorus Historicus 224J. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]:—back, both cf men and animals: singular, of a man, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.147, 13.289, etc. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of a boar, φρίσσεινῶτον[[ [prev. work] 473; ν... ὄϊος καὶ πίονος αἰγός 9.207 ] Refs]; of horses, ἐπὶ νῶτον ἐῗσαι [[ 2.765 ] Refs]; of an eagle, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.9 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: plural frequently used in Poets in sense of singular, δράκων ἐπὶ νῶτα δαφοινός [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.308, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.225, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]: sometimes in Epic dialect of the chine of an animal served as food, νῶτα βοὸς.. πίονα[[ [prev. work] 4.65; νώτοισιν δ᾽ Ὀδυσῆα διηνεκέεσσι γέραιρεν 14.437, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.321 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of men in battle, τὰ νῶτα ἐντρέψαι to turn the back, i.e. flee, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.211 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; νῶτον ἐπιστρέψαι[[ Oracle texts [prev. work] 141; σν μὴ δῷς ν. μηδενί “PTeb.” 21.8 (2nd c.BC) ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; δοτέον τὰ ν. [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.787f; δεῖξαι νῶτα [prev. author] “Marc.” 12 ] Refs 1st c.AD+] (this phrase also of the winner in a race, [[“Anthologia Graeca” 9.557 (Antip. Thess.)); πίπτειν ἐπὶ νώτῳ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 91 (Lyric poetry) ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; κατὰ νώτου in rear, κατὰ νώτου γενέσθαι τινός [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.9, 10 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ στρατόπεδον κατὰ ν. λαβεῖν[[ [prev. work] 75; κατὰ ν. βοηθεῖν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.62, etc.; κατὰ νῶτα 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 22.84 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; back of the finger, [[ 6th c.AD: Procopius Caesariensis Historicus Gaz. “Ecphr.” 168.11. ] Refs 6th c.AD+]