breast

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

substantive

P. and V. μαστός, ὁ (Xenophon but rare P.), στῆθος, τό, or pl. (Plato but rare P.), στέρνον, τό, or pl. (Xenophon but rare P.).

Also of women: V. οὖθαρ, τό.

bosom: Ar. and V. κόλπος, ὁ.

seat of the feelings: P. and V. ψυχή, ἡ, θυμός. ὁ, V. στέρνον, τό, or pl., ἧπαρ, τό, Ar. and V. καρδία, ἡ, κέαρ, τό, φρήν, ἡ, or pl., σπλάγχνον, τό, or pl.

beat the breast, v.: P. and V. κόπτεσθαι (absol.).

give the breast: V. μαστὸν ἐπέχειν, μαστὸν προσέχειν.

verb transitive

P. and V. ὑπερβαίνειν.