θωρήσσω

A. arm with a θώραξ: generally, arm, θωρῆξαί ἑ κέλευε . . Ἀχαιούς Il. 2.11; Μυρμιδόνας . . θώρηξεν Ἀχιλλεύς 16.155:—more freq. in Med. and Pass., θωρήσσομαι, fut. ‐ξομαι: aor. ἐθωρήχθην:—arm oneself, put one's harness on, αὐτίκα θωρήσσοντο Il. 19.352; σὺν τεύχεσι θωρηχθέντες 8.530, etc.; ἐς πόλεμον ἅμα λαῷ θωρηχθῆναι 1.226; τεύχε’ ἐνείκω θωρηχθῆναι I will bring you arms to arm yourselves withal, Od. 22.139; ἐθωρήσσοντο δὲ χαλκῷ 23.369; ἐν τῷδε (sc. θώρακι)πρὸς τοὺς πολεμίους θωρήξομαι Ar. Ach. 1134; to which Dicaeopolis replies, ἐν τῷδε (sc. χοῒ)πρὸς τοὺς συμπότας θ., with reference to signf. 11.
II. fortify with drink, Hp. Epid. 2.5.10; ποτῷ φρένα θωρηχθέντες Nic. Al. 32; τεθωρηγμένος Ruf. ap. Orib. 6.38.23; make drunk, intoxicate, Thgn. 842:—Med. and Pass., get drunk, οἴνῳ Id. 470: abs., Id. 413, Pi. Fr. 72; θωρηχθεὶς ὑπὸ οἴνου Hp. Morb. 4.56, cf. Duris 27 J.
III. Med. in causal sense, τὸν μὲν . . νέκταρι θωρήξαιο Nic. Al. 225.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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