pectus Latin · revision 17878

+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=inherited|attested=c. 280–200 BC, Livius Andronicus|origins=itc-pro *pektos-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈpɛk.tʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈpɛk.tus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''pectus''' ''n'' (genitive pectoris); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*pektos-|t=breast]].^(de Vaan 2008) Its likely cognate is [[sga|ucht|t=breast, chest]], if that goes back to ⟨*pektu-⟩; a PIE source is uncertain.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan rejects the old comparison with Tocharian, whose word belongs to [[ine-pro|*psten-|t=breast]], and the link with [[sa|पक्ष|tr=pakṣá|t=wing]] is doubtful.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is found from Livius Andronicus on:^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010) ''balteus et revocat volucrēs in pectore sinūs'', of a belt holding the folds of a garment on the breast.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ ''Pectus'' is the breast, the chest, and also the breast as the channel for food.^(OLD 2012) As the seat of feelings and moral qualities it is the heart, and then the soul, mind and whole personality.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It can mean a person of courage or affection, “a stout heart”, and the face of a mountain.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ In Church Latin it is the heart, soul and mind, the seat of affections.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 280–200 BC – First found in Livius Andronicus.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 235–200 BC – Naevius uses it of feelings: ''magnae metūs tumultūs pectora possīdit'', “great fear seized their hearts”.^(OLD 2012)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero speaks of food passed down from the breast.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The [[m|en|breast]], [[m|en|chest]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # The breast as the channel of food.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(figurative)'' The [[m|en|heart]] (as the seat of feeling).^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # The soul, mind, personality.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # A stout heart, a loving heart (of a person).^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # The face of a mountain.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[appectorō]]

+ * [[expectorō]]

+ * [[pectorāle]]

+ * [[pectorālis]]

+ * [[pectorōsus]]

+ * [[pectusculum]]

+ * [[tripectorus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[cor]]

+ * [[animus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}