praecordium

See also: præcordium

Latin

Noun

praecordium n (genitive praecordiī or praecordī); second declension

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

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	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)