What does cordolium mean in Latin?

cordolium, a noun, means “heartfelt grief; sorrow of the heart, heartache”.

What is the genitive of cordolium?

The genitive singular is cordoliī. cordolium is neuter, second declension.

noun · neutersecond declension

cordolium n sg (genitive cordoliī or cordolī)

neutersingularheartfelt grief; sorrow of the heart, heartache
At mihi cordolium est. — Quid? Id unde est tibi cor? Commemora, obsecro;[…]c. 203 BCE, Plautus, Cistellaria 65
suspectisque a re nata quae gesta sunt, non uxori non ulli familiarum cordolio patefactoc. 125 CE – 180 CE, Apuleius, Metamorphoses 9

cor-dŏlĭum, ii, n. dolor,

I. sorrow at heart, grief (ante- and post-class.), Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 67; id. Poen. 1, 2, 86; App. M. 9, p. 226, 28.

From cord- (“heart”) + doleō (“to hurt, suffer”) + -ium, withhaplology.

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