στῆθος, εος, τό,
breast, of both sexes, being the front part of the θώραξ, divided into two μαστοί [
Refs 8th c.BC+] in post-Homeric verse; found once in [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; of animals, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. φάσσης ἑψημένης [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]: as the seat of the voice and breath, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; more frequently as the seat of the heart, [
Refs 8th c.BC+];
chest, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ σ.
breasts of a woman, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II)
metaphorically,
the breast as the seat of feeling and thought, as we use
heart, frequently in [
Refs 8th c.BC+], but always in
plural, θυμὸν ἐνὶ στήθεσσιν ὄρινε [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἔχει κότον. ἐν σ. ἑοῖσι[
Refs 8th c.BC+]
III) ={στέρνον} [
Refs]
breastbone, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
III.2)
ball of the foot, [
Refs 4th c.BC+];
ball of the hand (below the thumb), [
Refs 2nd c.AD+];
palm, uncertain in [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
III.3)
swelling, tumour, ἐν τῷ ἥπατι [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
IV)
breastshaped hill or
bank, [
Refs 2nd c.BC+] has pan-Hellenic η, [
Refs 7th c.BC+]