cordatus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

cordātus, a, um, adj. [cor, II. B.],

wise, prudent, judicious, sagacious (mostly anteand post-class.): egregie cordatus homo, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 9, 18 (Ann. v. 335 Vahl.); cf. Cic. Rep. 1, 18, 30; Sen. Lud. Mort. Claud. 12, 2, v. 7; Vulg. Job, 34, 10.— Comp. : cordatior, Lact. 3, 20, 2.—Adv.: cordātē , with prudence, wisely (with docte and cate), Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 97; id. Poen. 1, 1, 3.

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