chest Copy link Outline I. For keeping things inII. The cavity in the body containing the heart and lungs1. thōrax, ācis, m.2. praecordĭa, orum • chest: I. For keeping things in: arca, armārium, cista, etc.: v. box. Phr.: the military c., aerarium militare, Tac.: v. treasury. II. The cavity in the body containing the heart and lungs: 1. thōrax, ācis, m.: Plin.: Cels. 2. praecordĭa, orum: the diaphragm separates the c. from the belly, transversum septum a praecordiis uterum diducit, Cels.: v. also breast, bosom.
CHEST Copy link • CHEST 1. arca: cista: capsa: armarium: scrinium: pyxis. Little chest, arcula: capsula: capsella: cistula: cistellula [SYN. in BOX]. Chest of drawers, armarium. Breast, pectus: thorax: praecordia, plur. (cavity of the chest with the heart and lungs): latus: latera (especially with reference to the state of the lungs): a weak chest, latus imbecillum (opposed to latera bona: my chest grows stronger, lateribus accedunt vires. Broad-chested, pectorosus. Money-box, area: loculi (a private man’s): fiscus (a sovereign’s: Silver Age) :aerarium (the state chest; treasury. also with privatum, a private man’s). 2. v. in area concludere, includere, sepire, obsepire.