Latin search results for: pectus

#1

noun

  • declension: 3rd declension
  • gender: neuter

Definitions:

  1. breast, heart
  2. feeling, soul, mind
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: Biological, Medical, Body Parts
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Very frequent, in all Elementry Latin books, top 1000+ words
  • Source: General, unknown or too common to say
#2

noun

  • declension: 2nd declension
  • gender: neuter

Definitions:

  1. (breast of sacrificial animal as offering)
  2. breast
  3. little breast
  • Age: Late, post-classical (3rd-5th centuries)
  • Area: Biological, Medical, Body Parts
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: 2 or 3 citations
  • Source: Lewis & Short, “A Latin Dictionary”, 1879 (Lewis & Short)