μετάφρενον, τό,
properly part behind the midriff (μετὰ τὰς φρένας), broad of the back: hence, generally, back, μεταφρένῳ ἐν δόρυ πῆξεν ὤμων μεσσηγύς [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.40, compare 56, +others; μ. ἠδὲ καὶ ὤμω πλῆξεν 2.265 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; μ. ἠδὲ καὶ ὤμους (of a woman) [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.528, compare 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ διαίτης ὀξέων” 66 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; in plural, of a single person, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.428 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὤμους καὶ μετάφρενα, of a woman, [[ 7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 29. compare 3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 10.32. ] Refs 7th c.BC+]— Epic dialect word, used by [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 352a, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physiognomonica” 810b25, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DMeretr.” 4.2. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II = {τὸ μεταξὺ τοῦ νώτου καὶ ὀσφύος κατὰ τὴν τῶν φρενῶν πρόσφυσιν} [[ 2nd c.AD: Rufus Medicus “περὶ ὀνομασίας” 90. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]