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“breast” in Latin
pectuschest, breast; heart, breast, as the seat of emotion; soul, spirit, mind, understandingthōrā̆xchest, thorax; breastplate, cuirass; doublet, stomacherpraecordiadiaphragm; midriff; entrails; chestferōto bear; to carry; to support, hold up; to suffer, tolerate, endure, bearlatusside, flank; side (e.g., of a shape)mammabreast; udder; pap; teat; dugūbera teat, pap, dug, udder, a lactating breast; richness, fruitfulnessanimuslife, life force, soul, vitality (that life-giving aspect which animates a thing); conscience, intellect, mind, reason, obnītorto bear, press, push, struggle, or strive against; to resist or opposerelū̆ctorto resist (struggle against)
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
breast
pectus, thorax; praecordia (the cavity of the chest, with the heart and lungs): latus, latera (with reference to the state of the lungs). To receive wounds in the breast (i. e., in front), vulnera adversa accipere or adverse corpore excipere. A breast-wound, vulnus pectoris. A pain in the breast, dolor pectoris, praecordiorom.
The breasts, mammae (especially of human beings): ubera, uberum (especially of brutes). Under the left breast, infra laevam papillam. Having large breasts, mammosus. To put an infant to the breast, mammam infanti dare or praebere. A little breast, mammula:
(as the seat of feeling, etc.) pectus, animus. The furies of the breast, domesticae furiae. But Vid: also BOSOM.
breast v.
pectus opponere alicui rei, alicui rei adverso pectore resistere; obniti, reluctari. Breast the waves, fluctibus (forti pectore) obniti. Breast adversity, fortia pectora adversis rebus opponite (imperative).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for breast?
- The usual Latin words for “breast” are pectus, thōrā̆x, praecordia; also ferō, latus, mamma. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.