praecordium

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See also: præcordium

Latin

Noun

praecordium n (genitive praecordiī or praecordī); second declension

diaphragm (midriff)
(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)

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