bosom

From LSJ

Γυνὴ δὲ χρηστὴ πηδάλιόν ἐστ' οἰκίας → Honesta mulier est gubernaculum domus → Des Hauses Steuerruder ist die brave Frau

Menander, Monostichoi, 99

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substantive

Ar. and V. κόλπος, ὁ.

breast: 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.).

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