different between thorax vs pectus

English

Etymology

From Latin thorax, from Ancient Greek ????? (th?rax, “a breastplate, cuirass, corslet”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: thôr'aks, IPA^(key): /????æks/

Noun

thorax (plural thoraces or thoraxes)

1. (anatomy) The region of the mammalian body between the neck and abdomen as well as the cavity containing the heart and lungs.
2. (entomology and arachnology) The middle of three distinct divisions in an insect, crustacean or arachnid body to which the legs are attached.

Derived terms

Translations

Finnish

Noun

thorax

1. thorax

Declension

Synonyms

• (part of insect's body): keskiruumis

French

Pronunciation

Noun

thorax m (plural thorax)

1. thorax

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (th?rax, “a breastplate, cuirass, corslet”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?t?o?.raks/, [?t??o??äks?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?to.raks/, [?t?????ks]

Noun

th?rax m (genitive th?r?cis); third declension

1. (anatomy) chest, thorax
2. breastplate, cuirass
3. doublet, stomacher
4. bust (statue)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Synonyms

• (breastplate): l?r?ca

Descendants

References

• thorax in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• thorax in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• thorax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• thorax in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia?^[1]
• thorax in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• thorax in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Portuguese

Noun

thorax m (plural thoraxes)

1. Obsolete spelling of tórax (used in Portugal until September 1911 and died out in Brazil during the 1920s).

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