different between pectous vs pectus

English

Adjective

pectous (not comparable)

1. (biochemistry) Of, relating to, or consisting of, pectose.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pectus.

Noun

pectus (plural pectora)

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

Related terms

• pectoral
• pectus excavatum
• pectus carinatum

Anagrams

• cupset

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *pektos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peg- (“breast”). Cognate with Old Irish ucht.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?pek.tus/, [?p?kt??s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?pek.tus/, [?p?kt?us]

Noun

pectus n (genitive pectoris); third declension

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

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Derived terms

Descendants

From a Vulgar Latin *pector?na:

• French: poitrine
• Spanish: pretina
• Italian: pettorina

See also

• pect?
• sinus

References

Further reading

• pectus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• pectus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• pectus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
• pectus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?^[3], pre-publication website, 2005-2016