praecordia

See also: præcordia

English

Alternative forms

• præcordia (obsolete)
• precordia

Etymology

From Latin, from prae (“before”) + cor, cordis (“the heart”).

Noun

praecordia

1. (anatomy) The front part of the thoracic region; the epigastrium.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “praecordia”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Latin

Etymology

From prae- +‎ cor.

Noun

praecordia n pl (genitive praecordiōrum); second declension

1. (anatomy) diaphragm; midriff
2. entrails
3. chest

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	praecordia
Genitive	praecordiōrum
Dative	praecordiīs
Accusative	praecordia
Ablative	praecordiīs
Vocative	praecordia

References

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