Urimur, et coecum, pectora vulnus habent, and can hardly be discerned at first.
Yet the quanto flagrabrant pectora voto is all that flattery would allow to a contemporary poet; who clearly describes the emperor's refusal, and the journey of Honorius, after the victory (Claudian in iii.
They are as follows:-- 'Improbe amor, quid non mortalia pectora cogis.
The first is accurate, but the second is evidently a variation of the following: Sic ubi mota calent viridi mea pectora Thyrso Altior humano spiritus ille malo est.
Amorum; signa petunt, quas ferre faces, quaepectora figi imperet; an terris saeuire an malit in undis, an miscere deos an adhuc uexare Tonantem.
Mr. Croker says of the third line from the end, that in a copy of these verses in Johnson's own hand which he had seen, 'Johnson had first written Sunt pro legitimis pectora pura sacris.
Quocirca vivite fortes / Fortiaque adversis opponite pectora rebus=--Wherefore live as brave men, and front adversity with stout hearts.
Such feelings are shown by Ennius in the lines of tender regret and true hero-worship, which express the sorrow of Senate and people at the death of Romulus-- Pectora .
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "pectora" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
