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pectŏrālis

pectŏrālis · adj

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What it meant

pectŏrālis — Lewis & Short

pectŏrālis, e, adj.pectus,

I of or belonging to the breast, breast-, pectoral: pectorale os, the breast-bone, Cels. 8, 1: tunicula, Amm. 14, 9, 7: cinctum, App. M. 11, p. 261, 36: fascia, Vulg. Isa. 3, 24 (Hier. in loc., Vulg. Jer. 2, 32).—Hence,
II Subst.: pectŏrāle, is, n., a breast-plate, Varr. L. L. 5, § 115 Müll.; Plin. 34, 7, 18, § 43.

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