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|lshtext=<b>praecordĭa</b>: ōrum (sing. praecordium, Isid. 10, 102), n. [[prae]] - cor.<br /><b>I</b> Lit., the [[muscle]] [[which]] separates the [[heart]] and lungs from the [[abdomen]], the [[midriff]], [[diaphragm]]: [[exta]] homini ab inferiore viscerum parte separantur [[membrana]], quae [[praecordia]] appellant, [[quia]] cordi praetenditur, [[quod]] [[Graeci]] appellaverunt φρένας, Plin. 11, 37, 77, § 197: ([[Plato]]) cupiditatem [[subter]] [[praecordia]] locavit, Cic. Tusc. 1, 10, 20: unius [[praecordia]] pressit senis, i. e. stopped his [[breath]], Juv. 6, 621.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> The [[entrails]], the [[stomach]] (syn.: viscera, [[exta]], [[ilia]]): [[praecordia]] vocamus uno nomine [[exta]] in homine, Plin. 30, 5, 14, § 42; Cels. 4, 1: [[ipse]] [[anulus]] in praecordiis [[piscis]] [[inventus]] est, Cic. Fin. 5, 30, 92: totis praecordiis stertens, M. Cael. ap. Quint. 4, 2, 123; Plin. 26, 7, 19, § 35: [[quid]] veneni saevit in praecordiis, Hor. Epod. 3, 5: mulso proluere, id. S. 2, 4, 26.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> The [[breast]], the [[heart]] ([[mostly]] [[poet]].): spiritu remanente in praecordiis, Liv. 42, 16: [[frigidus]] coit in [[praecordia]] [[sanguis]], Verg. A. 10, 452; Ov. M. 12, 140.—As the [[seat]] of the feelings and passions: [[quondam]] [[etiam]] victis redit in [[praecordia]] [[virtus]], Verg. A. 2, 367: meis inaestuat praecordiis [[Libera]] [[bilis]], Hor. Epod. 11, 15: [[verax]] aperit [[praecordia]] [[Liber]], id. S. 1, 4, 89: inquieta, id. Epod. 5, 95: [[flagrantia]], Juv. 13, 102; cf.: tacita sudant [[praecordia]] [[culpa]], id. 1, 167: mutare [[praecordia]], i. e. sententiam, Prop. 2, 3, 13 (2, 4, 31): in praecordiis meis de [[mane]] vigilabo ad te, Vulg. Isa. 26, 9.—Hence, [[even]], [[praecordia]] mentis, the [[seat]] of the [[mind]], for the [[mind]], Ov. M. 11, 149.—*<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> The [[body]], bodies in gen.: in terrā ponunt [[praecordia]], Ov. M. 7, 559.