07-04-2005, 03:17 PM
My dictionaries -the oldest from 1951- do not mention linothorax.
I tried the Helios encyclopedia 1934 -nothing again but......
The Great Military and Naval Encyclopedia 1928 contains the term LINOTHORAX under the article THORAX (cuirrass)
I have not stumbled upon or I cannot recall ancient texts refering to the term exactly.
You can use the term in Greek as combined word. It is not wrong but my conclusion so far that it is an akademic neologism (new term-coined term) to describe that type of armor.
If some one knows better I will be glad to learn something new.
Kind regards
Stefanos
I tried the Helios encyclopedia 1934 -nothing again but......
The Great Military and Naval Encyclopedia 1928 contains the term LINOTHORAX under the article THORAX (cuirrass)
I have not stumbled upon or I cannot recall ancient texts refering to the term exactly.
You can use the term in Greek as combined word. It is not wrong but my conclusion so far that it is an akademic neologism (new term-coined term) to describe that type of armor.
If some one knows better I will be glad to learn something new.
Kind regards
Stefanos
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