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pectus

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowing from Latin.

NounEdit

pectus (plural pectora)

(anatomy, zoology) The breast, especially of a bird.

Related termsEdit

LatinEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Italic *pektos, from Proto-Indo-European. Cognate with Old Irish ucht.^[1]

PronunciationEdit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛk.tʊs/

NounEdit

pectus n (genitive pectoris); third declension

chest, breast
(figuratively) heart, breast, as the seat of emotion
(figuratively) soul, spirit, mind, understanding
person, individual (as a being of passion)

InflectionEdit

Third declension neuter.

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	pectus	pectora
genitive	pectoris	pectorum
dative	pectorī	pectoribus
accusative	pectus	pectora
ablative	pectore	pectoribus
vocative	pectus	pectora

Derived termsEdit

DescendantsEdit

Aragonese: peito
Aromanian: cheptu
Asturian: pechu
Catalan: pit
French: pis, poitrine
Friulian: pet
Galician: peito
Istro-Romanian: kľeptu
Italian: petto

Megleno-Romanian: kľeptu
Occitan: pitre, pièch
Portuguese: peito
Romanian: piept
Romansch: pet, pèz
Sardinian: petus, petorra, peturra, piturra
Sicilian: pettu
Spanish: pecho
Venetian: peto

See alsoEdit

pectō
sinus

ReferencesEdit

^ Michiel de Vaan (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages, Leiden, Boston: Brill Academic Publishers

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