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“cordially” in Latin
libēnsready, willing, eager; with pleasure, with good will; glad, cheerful, merrysincērusclean, pure, sound; uninjured, whole; real, naturalCatullusa cognomen; a Latin poet of the late Roman Republic who wrote chiefly in the neoteric style of poetryanimuslife, life force, soul, vitality (that life-giving aspect which animates a thing); conscience, intellect, mind, reason,
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
cordially
ex animo (from the heart; e.g., to love anybody; opposed to simulate): animo libentissimo: libentissime (very willingly): sincere (in a true, genuine manner). (the words are found in this connection and order), sincere et ex animo (Catullus): benigno vultu (with looks of kindness; excipere aliquem, Liv.). To receive anybody cordially, aliquem benigne or benigno vultu excipere: libentissimo animo (or, of several, animis) recipere aliquem (Caes.): *summa humanitate (liberalitate, comitate) excipere aliquem: laete accipere aliquem (after aut receptus est laetius, Velleius, P., 2, 45, 3). To salute anybody cordially, aliquem benigne salutare (Cic., joined to comiterque appellare). Vid: HEARTILY.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for cordially?
- The usual Latin words for “cordially” are libēns, sincērus, Catullus; also animus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.