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.
breast (v.) Copy link • breast (v.): Phr.: he courageously b.s the waves, *fortiter pectus (pectora) fluctibus opponit; fluctus adverso pectore excipit: v. to face.
BREAST Copy link • BREAST 1. 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. 2. 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).