English

Noun

pectoralis

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

See also

• supracoracoideus‎

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pek.toˈraː.lis/

Adjective

pectorālis m, f ‎(neuter pectorāle); third declension

1. of or pertaining to the chest or breast

Inflection

Third declension.

Derived terms

• pectorāle

Related terms

• pectus

Descendants

• English: pectoral
• Italian: pettorale
• Portuguese: peitoral
• Spanish: pectoral

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, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “pectoralis”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.