Latin edit

Etymology edit

From cor (heart (literally)", "mind, judgment (metaphorically)) +‎ -ātus.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

cordātus (feminine cordāta, neuter cordātum, adverb cordātē); first/second-declension adjective

  1. wise, prudent, judicious, sagacious
  2. (New Latin) heart-shaped; cordate (as a taxonomic epithet)

Declension edit

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative cordātus cordāta cordātum cordātī cordātae cordāta
Genitive cordātī cordātae cordātī cordātōrum cordātārum cordātōrum
Dative cordātō cordātō cordātīs
Accusative cordātum cordātam cordātum cordātōs cordātās cordāta
Ablative cordātō cordātā cordātō cordātīs
Vocative cordāte cordāta cordātum cordātī cordātae cordāta

Descendants edit

  • Galician: cordo
  • Spanish: cuerdo

References edit

  • cordatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • cordatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • cordatus 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)
  • cordatus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.