appectoro

Latin

Etymology

From ad- +‎ pectus (chest, breast, oblique stem: pector-) +‎ .

Pronunciation

Verb

appectorō (present infinitive appectorāre, perfect active appectorāvī, supine appectorātum); first conjugation

  1. (Late Latin) to press against one's chest or breast

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Ibero-Romance:
    • Aragonese: apretar
    • Asturian: apertar
    • Galician: apertar
    • Portuguese: apertar
    • Spanish: apretar

References

  • appectŏro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • appectŏrō”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • appectoro in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung