pectorale

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Latin

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Etymology

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From pectorālis (of or pertaining to the breast).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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pectorāle n (genitive pectorālis); third declension

  1. anything worn around the chest
    1. breastplate, a form of armour of a human or mount
      Synonym: lōrica
    2. breastgirth, breastplate, breaststrap, a contrivance on a mount preventing the saddle from sliding back
      Synonym: antilēna
    3. breastgirth, breastband, breaststrap, supporting the mammaries of a human female
      Synonyms: amictōrium, mamillāre, fascia pectorālis, strophium

Declension

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Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative pectorāle pectorālia
Genitive pectorālis pectorālium
Dative pectorālī pectorālibus
Accusative pectorāle pectorālia
Ablative pectorālī pectorālibus
Vocative pectorāle pectorālia
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Descendants

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  • English: pectoral
  • French: peitral
  • Spanish: peitral
  • Polish: pektorał

References

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  • pectorale in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • pectorale”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers