pectoralis

English

Etymology

From Latin pectoralis, "pertaining to the chest or breast".

Noun

pectoralis

1. (anatomy) A pair of muscles that lowers the wings of birds in flight

Derived terms

• pectoralis major
• pectoralis minor

 

See also

• supracoracoideus

Anagrams

• carpolites, pericostal

Latin

Etymology

From pectus (“chest, breast”) +‎ -ālis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pek.toˈraː.lis/, [pɛkt̪ɔˈräːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pek.toˈra.lis/, [pekt̪oˈräːlis]

Adjective

pectorālis (neuter pectorāle); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. of or pertaining to the chest or breast

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	pectorālis	pectorāle		pectorālēs	pectorālia
Genitive	pectorālis			pectorālium
Dative	pectorālī			pectorālibus
Accusative	pectorālem	pectorāle		pectorālēs pectorālīs	pectorālia
Ablative	pectorālī			pectorālibus
Vocative	pectorālis	pectorāle		pectorālēs	pectorālia

Derived terms

• pectorāle

Related terms

• pectus

Descendants

• Catalan: pectoral (borrowing), pitral
• English: pectoral (borrowing)
• → French: pectoral (borrowing)
• Italian: pettorale
• Old French: peitral, poitrail
  • French: poitrail
  • Norman: peitral
• Portuguese: peitoral
• Romanian: pectoral (borrowing)
• Sicilian: pitturali
• Spanish: pectoral (borrowing), petral, pretal

Noun

pectorālis

1. genitive singular of pectorāle

References

• “pectoralis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• pectoralis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• pectoralis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.