bosom (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. sĭnus, ūs (the breast; also, the folds of the dress about the breast)2. grĕmĭum (strictly lap3. pectus, ŏris, n. (the breast • bosom (subs.): 1. sĭnus, ūs (the breast; also, the folds of the dress about the breast): to put one's hand into a person's b., manum in s. alicui inserere, Ter.: give me the letter from his b., cedo mihi ex ipsius sinu literas, Cic.: Antony opposed his b. to the drawn sword, opposuit s. Antonius stricto ferro, Tac. Fig.: of an embrace; affection: to receive a person to one's b. and embrace, suo s. complexuque aliquem recipere, Cic.: to weep in the bosom of a friend, in amici s. deflere, Plin. So of the interior, midst, of any place: to be dragged from the b. and lap of one's country, e s. gremioque patriae abstrahi, Cic.: in the b. of profound peace, in intimo s. pacis, Plin. 2. grĕmĭum (strictly lap: q. v., but also sometimes used for bosom, esp. in its more fig. acceptations): he flings himself upon thy b., in g. tuum se rejicit, Lucr. (of Mars and Venus): (the land) which embraces in its b. my father's bones, quae patris gremio complectitur ossa, Virg.: the Po issues from the b. of mount Vesulus, Padus gremio Vesuli montis profluit, Plin.: the earth receives the seed in its b., terra gremio semen excipit, Cic. 3. pectus, ŏris, n. (the breast: whereas sinus and gremium do not denote parts of the body, but of the dress as connected with posture): to beat the b., ferire pectora, Ov.: v. breast. In fig. sense it is equiv. to the Eng. heart (q. v.): hence phr. a bosom friend, pectus amicitiae, Mart. 9, 14. Phr.: he is one of my b. friends, est ex meis domesticis atque intimis familiaribus, Cic.: your b. friend, tuus amicus et sodalis, Pl.: they are b. friends, uterque utrique est cordi, Ter.: thee my b. friend, te partem meae animae, Hor. (but the Latin is much stronger): v. breast, heart, bowels.