See pectus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"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, Ovidius, Fasti 6.509",
"text": "‘ō nimium facilēs, ō tōtō pectore captae!’",
"translation": "“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).)",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"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": "[ˈpɛk.tʊs]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈpɛk.tus]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "pectus"
}
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