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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