pectus – Latin noun declension

Noun: pectus
Hyphenation:

Gender: Neuter Declension: Third

Nominative

Singular	pectus
Plural	pectora

Genitive

Singular	pectoris
Plural	pectorum

Dative

Singular	pectorī
Plural	pectoribus

Accusative

Singular	pectus
Plural	pectora

Ablative

Singular	pectore
Plural	pectoribus

Vocative

Singular	pectus
Plural	pectora

Sample Sentences

‘ō nimium facilēs, ō tōtō pectore captae!’ (“O too easy [souls]! O [those] with every spirit having been captured!”

(That is to say, easy to deceive and entirely believing. Several figurative translations are possible. The poetic voice is that of Juno (mythology).)) [8 CE, Ovidius, Fasti 6.509]

Nouns inflected like pectus

alticorpus, decus, fēnus, nemus, tegus, tenus, lītus, dēdecus, faenus, foenus, frīgus, littus, facinus, corpus, tergus, tempus, pectus, pignus, stercus,

Etymology

Likely cognate with Old Irish ucht, but a Proto-Indo-European precursor is uncertain, as is the connection to Sanskrit पक्ष (pakṣá, “wing”). Suggestions include *pekt-, *pek- and *peg- (“breast”).

Verbs referencing "pectus"

Catalan Nouns pit, French Nouns pis, Spanish Nouns peto, Old Spanish Nouns pecho, Spanish Nouns pecho, French Nouns poitrine, Romanian Nouns piept, Italian Nouns petto, English Nouns pisane, Portuguese Nouns preto, Italian Nouns pettorina, English Nouns pectoriloquy, Asturian Nouns pechu, Irish Nouns ucht, Galician Nouns peitoril, Portuguese Nouns peitoril, Russian Nouns парапет, Spanish Nouns pretil.