"pectus" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: pectora [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin pectus. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|pectus}} Latin pectus Head templates: {{en-noun|pectora}} pectus (plural pectora)
  1. (anatomy, zoology) The breast, especially of a bird. Categories (topical): Anatomy, Zoology Related terms: pectoral, pectus excavatum, pectus carinatum
    Sense id: en-pectus-en-noun-j7Oy-PHJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: anatomy, biology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences, zoology

Noun [Latin]

IPA: /ˈpek.tus/ [Classical], [ˈpɛkt̪ʊs̠] [Classical], /ˈpek.tus/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈpɛkt̪us] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Italic *pektos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peg- (“breast”). Cognate with Old Irish ucht. Etymology templates: {{inh|la|itc-pro|*pektos}} Proto-Italic *pektos, {{der|la|ine-pro|*peg-||breast}} Proto-Indo-European *peg- (“breast”), {{cog|sga|ucht}} Old Irish ucht Head templates: {{la-noun|pectus<3>}} pectus n (genitive pectoris); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|pectus<3>}} Forms: pectoris [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], pectus [nominative, singular], pectora [nominative, plural], pectoris [genitive, singular], pectorum [genitive, plural], pectorī [dative, singular], pectoribus [dative, plural], pectus [accusative, singular], pectora [accusative, plural], pectore [ablative, singular], pectoribus [ablative, plural], pectus [singular, vocative], pectora [plural, vocative]
  1. chest, breast Tags: declension-3, neuter
    Sense id: en-pectus-la-noun-JR6Uj8gN
  2. (figuratively) heart, breast, as the seat of emotion Tags: declension-3, figuratively, neuter Categories (topical): Body parts Synonyms: cor
    Sense id: en-pectus-la-noun-UQIOTOhu Disambiguation of Body parts: 5 42 8 45 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 2 57 7 34
  3. (figuratively) soul, spirit, mind, understanding Tags: declension-3, figuratively, neuter Synonyms: animus
    Sense id: en-pectus-la-noun-1JrwSRFA
  4. person, individual (as a being of passion) Tags: declension-3, neuter Categories (topical): Body parts Synonyms: persona, caput
    Sense id: en-pectus-la-noun-BtTIIQ1r Disambiguation of Body parts: 5 42 8 45 Categories (other): Latin neuter nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the third declension: 9 12 16 64
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: appectorō, expectorō, in pectore, pectorāle, pectorālis, *pectorīna, pectorōsus, pectusculum, Pectuscum Palātī, tripectorus Related terms: pectō, sinus

Inflected forms

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      ],
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    },
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    },
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      ],
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    },
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          },
          "expansion": "Romansch: pet, pèz",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
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      ]
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
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      "form": "pectore",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular",
        "vocative"
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        {
          "english": "“O too easy [souls]! O [those] with every spirit having been captured!”\n(That is to say, easy to deceive and entirely believing. Several figurative translations are possible. The poetic voice is that of Juno (mythology).)",
          "ref": "8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 6.509",
          "text": "‘ō nimium facilēs, ō tōtō pectore captae!’"
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      "ipa": "/ˈpek.tus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpɛkt̪ʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpek.tus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpɛkt̪us]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
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}
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  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Latin pectus.",
  "forms": [
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    }
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        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English nouns with irregular plurals",
        "English terms borrowed from Latin",
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      ],
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        "medicine",
        "natural-sciences",
        "sciences",
        "zoology"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "pectus"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Latin 2-syllable words",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin neuter nouns",
    "Latin neuter nouns in the third declension",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Latin third declension nouns",
    "la:Body parts"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "appectorō"
    },
    {
      "word": "expectorō"
    },
    {
      "word": "in pectore"
    },
    {
      "word": "pectorāle"
    },
    {
      "word": "pectorālis"
    },
    {
      "word": "*pectorīna"
    },
    {
      "word": "pectorōsus"
    },
    {
      "word": "pectusculum"
    },
    {
      "word": "Pectuscum Palātī"
    },
    {
      "word": "tripectorus"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "an",
            "2": "peito"
          },
          "expansion": "Aragonese: peito",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Aragonese: peito"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rup",
            "2": "cheptu",
            "3": "chieptu"
          },
          "expansion": "Aromanian: cheptu, chieptu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Aromanian: cheptu, chieptu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ast",
            "2": "pechu"
          },
          "expansion": "Asturian: pechu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Asturian: pechu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "pit"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: pit",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: pit"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "pis",
            "3": "poitrine"
          },
          "expansion": "French: pis, poitrine",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "French: pis, poitrine"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fur",
            "2": "pet"
          },
          "expansion": "Friulian: pet",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Friulian: pet"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ist",
            "2": "pitto"
          },
          "expansion": "Istriot: pitto",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Istriot: pitto"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ruo",
            "2": "kľept",
            "3": "chiept"
          },
          "expansion": "Istro-Romanian: kľept, chiept",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Istro-Romanian: kľept, chiept"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "petto"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: petto",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: petto"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ruq",
            "2": "kľept",
            "3": "chiept"
          },
          "expansion": "Megleno-Romanian: kľept, chiept",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Megleno-Romanian: kľept, chiept"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "pitre",
            "3": "pièch"
          },
          "expansion": "Occitan: pitre, pièch",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Occitan: pitre, pièch"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pms",
            "2": "pèt",
            "3": "pècc"
          },
          "expansion": "Piedmontese: pèt, pècc",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Piedmontese: pèt, pècc"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-opt",
            "2": "peito"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese: peito",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Galician-Portuguese: peito"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "peito"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: peito",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: peito"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "peito"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: peito",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: peito (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "piept"
          },
          "expansion": "Romanian: piept",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romanian: piept"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rm",
            "2": "pet",
            "3": "pèz"
          },
          "expansion": "Romansch: pet, pèz",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romansch: pet, pèz"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sc",
            "2": "pettus",
            "3": "petorra",
            "4": "peturra",
            "5": "piturra"
          },
          "expansion": "Sardinian: pettus, petorra, peturra, piturra",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sardinian: pettus, petorra, peturra, piturra"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "pettu"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: pettu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: pettu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "pecho",
            "3": "peto"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: pecho, peto",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: pecho, peto"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vec",
            "2": "peto"
          },
          "expansion": "Venetian: peto",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Venetian: peto"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*pektos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *pektos",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*peg-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "breast"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *peg- (“breast”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "ucht"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish ucht",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Italic *pektos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peg- (“breast”). Cognate with Old Irish ucht.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pectoris",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pectus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pectora",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pectoris",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pectorum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pectorī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pectoribus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pectus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pectora",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pectore",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pectoribus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pectus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pectora",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pectus<3>"
      },
      "expansion": "pectus n (genitive pectoris); third declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pectus<3>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "pectō"
    },
    {
      "word": "sinus"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "chest, breast"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "chest",
          "chest"
        ],
        [
          "breast",
          "breast"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "heart, breast, as the seat of emotion"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "heart",
          "heart"
        ],
        [
          "emotion",
          "emotion"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) heart, breast, as the seat of emotion"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "cor"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "figuratively",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "“O too easy [souls]! O [those] with every spirit having been captured!”\n(That is to say, easy to deceive and entirely believing. Several figurative translations are possible. The poetic voice is that of Juno (mythology).)",
          "ref": "8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 6.509",
          "text": "‘ō nimium facilēs, ō tōtō pectore captae!’"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "soul, spirit, mind, understanding"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "soul",
          "soul"
        ],
        [
          "spirit",
          "spirit"
        ],
        [
          "mind",
          "mind"
        ],
        [
          "understanding",
          "understanding"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) soul, spirit, mind, understanding"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "animus"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "figuratively",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "person, individual (as a being of passion)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ],
        [
          "individual",
          "individual"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "persona"
        },
        {
          "word": "caput"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpek.tus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpɛkt̪ʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpek.tus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpɛkt̪us]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pectus"
}

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