Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 1315.pectus, pectoris on page 1315
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pectus breast
pectus is a Latin Noun that primarily means breast.
Definitions for pectus
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
breast, heart
English derivatives:
pectoral expectorate parapet
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
The front of the thorax or chest, breast, also, the chest itself. (b) the corresponding part in other creatures. (c) a breast (esp. as the source of milk), mamma.
- 2
(a) The breast considered as a receptacle or channel for food. (b) considered as the front of the body which is turned to meet danger, etc.
- 3
The breast in respect of its imagined faculties, etc.: (a) (considered as the seat of the emotions, moral qualities, etc.). (b) (as the seat of intellectual faculties). (c) (considered as a source or organ of speech, prophecy, etc.).
Sentences with pectus
Latin to English
Caret tibi pectus inānī ambitiōne?Compare Is your breast free from vain ambition — are you sure (tibi)?
Ea libertas est qui pectus purum et firmum gestitat; aliae res obnoxiosae nocte in obscura latent.Compare Freedom is having a pure and dauntless heart; all else is slavery and lies hidden in darkness.
Regem non faciunt opes, non vestis Tyriae color, non frontis nota regiae, non auro nitidae fores; rex est qui posuit metus et diri mala pectoris.Compare A king neither riches make, nor robe of Tyrian hue, nor crown upon the royal brow, nor doors with gold bright gleaming; a king is he who has laid fear aside and the base longing of an evil heart.
Os tenerum pueri balbumque poeta figurat, torquet ab obscenis iam nunc sermonibus aurem, mox etiam pectus praeceptis format amicis, asperitatis et invidiae corrector et irae.Compare It is the poet that gives form to the child's utterance while it is still tender and lisping. He gives the ear a bias from the first against coarse ways of speaking. Presently he molds the heart also with kindly teaching. correcting roughness and envy and anger.
Declension table for pectus
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | pectus | pectora |
| Gen. | pectoris | pectorum |
| Dat. | pectorī | pectoribus |
| Acc. | pectus | pectora |
| Abl. | pectore | pectoribus |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 248.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1315.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 121.
Bibliography
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Crystal, David. A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. 6th ed. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing, 2008.
Delatte, Louis, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard. Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language]. Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège (L.A.S.L.A.), 1981.
Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
Francese, Christopher. "Latin Core Vocabulary." Dickinson College Commentaries. Last modified 2014. http://dcc.dickinson.edu/latin-vocabulary-list.
Gildersleeve, Basil L., and Gonzales Lodge. Gildersleeve's Latin Grammar: Third Edition, Revised, and Enlarged. 3rd ed. London, England: Macmillan and Co., 1903.
Glare, Peter G.W. Oxford Latin Dictionary. Vols. 1-8. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1982.
Krüger, Bernd. "Latin Conjugation Tables." Cactus2000. Accessed May 5, 2023. https://latin.cactus2000.de/index.en.php.
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Wiktionary Contributors. "Victionarium." Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Updated March 18, 2019. https://la.wiktionary.org/wiki/Victionarium:Pagina_prima.
Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "pectus, pectoris (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/pectus-pectoris.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 248.pectus, pectoris on page 248
