The Ancient Greek word for back is
νῶτος
Translations for back and their definitions
νῶτος | |
1. back (of the body) |
ὀπίσω | |
1. adv. (of place) backwards | |
2. adv. back, back again, by the same way one took | |
3. adv. again | |
4. adv. (of time) hereafter | |
5. adv. following, yet to come | |
6. prep. after |
ῥάχις | |
1. n. chine, lower part of the back | |
2. n. (skeleton) spine or backbone | |
3. n. anything ridged like a backbone: | |
4. n. ridge of a hill or mountain | |
5. n. bridge of the nose | |
6. n. (botany) midrib of a leaf | |
7. n. sharp projection on the middle of the shoulder blade | |
8. n. outer edge of the arm of the polypus |
ὀπίσθιος | |
1. rear, being behind, or in the hindmost part |
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