breast (subs.) Copy link Outline I. The organ that secretes milk1. mamma, mammilla, or mămilla2. ūber, ĕris, n. (when full of milk)3. păpilla (poet.)II. The upper and front part of the body; also, the cavity situated behind it1. pectus, ŏris, n.2. praecordĭa, orumIII. The feelings1. pectus2. praecordĭa • breast (subs.): I. The organ that secretes milk: 1. mamma, mammilla, or mămilla: to give the b. to a child, puero mammam dare, Pl.: Cic. (In medical writers mamma is the breast of females; mammilla of males: Mayne.). 2. ūber, ĕris, n. (when full of milk): milky b.s, lactea u., Virg. his own mother nourishes every (child) with her b.s, sua quemque mater uberibus alit, Tac. 3. păpilla (poet.): Cat.: Virg. II. The upper and front part of the body; also, the cavity situated behind it: 1. pectus, ŏris, n.: Ov.: Cels. Plin. Phr.: having a broad or full b., pectŏrōsus: Plin.: Col. 2. praecordĭa, orum: the breath remaining in the b., spiritu remanente in praecordiis, Liv. v. chest. III. The feelings: 1. pectus: he soothes their grieving b.s, moerentia p. mulcet, Virg.: pure b.s, p. casta, Ov. 2. praecordĭa: at times valour returns into the b. even of the conquered, quondam etiam victis redit in p. virtus, Virg.: Hor.: v. bosom, heart.