praecordium

See also: præcordium

English

Noun

praecordium (plural praecordia)

1. Obsolete form of precordium.

Latin

Noun

praecordium n (genitive praecordiī or praecordī); second declension

1. diaphragm (midriff)
2. (in the plural) entrails, vitals

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	praecordium	praecordia
genitive	praecordiī praecordī1	praecordiōrum
dative	praecordiō	praecordiīs
accusative	praecordium	praecordia
ablative	praecordiō	praecordiīs
vocative	praecordium	praecordia

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

• "praecordium", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)