pectorale

Latin

Etymology

From pectorālis (“of or pertaining to the breast”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /pek.toˈraː.le/

Noun

pectorāle n (genitive pectorālis); third declension

breastplate

Inflection

Third declension neuter.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	pectorāle	pectorāla
genitive	pectorālis	pectorālum
dative	pectorālī	pectorālibus
accusative	pectorāle	pectorāla
ablative	pectorāle	pectorālibus
vocative	pectorāle	pectorāla

Related terms

Descendants

English: pectoral

References

pectorale in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
pectorale in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

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