“heart” in Latin

(A) (A) In a physical sense, PROP. and figuratively, cor (the heart in the animal body): pectus (the breast, under which the heart is concealed): formella cordis (the shape of the heart, as a kitchen utensil; after Apicius, 9, 11, where formella piscis). The heart beats, cor palpitat; cor salit: to press anybody to one’s heart, aliquem premere ad pectus, or ad corpus suum (†); aliquem artius complecti; aliquem amplexari. With one’s hearts blood, de visceribus suis (Cic.).

IMPROPR., the heart of a country (= its interior), interior alicujus terrae regio; interiora alicujus terrae; e.g., to penetrate into the heart of India, interiorem Indiae regionem or interiora Indiae petere: the heart of the republic, viscera reipublicae. Heart of a tree (oak), os arboris; lignum firmissimum. (B) In a moral sense: (1) the internal power of feeling, soul, mind, etc., animus: mens (mind, disposition, intelligence, spirit; hence together animus et mens, i. e., heart and spirit): voluntas (inclination): natura (human nature, the mode of thinking or disposition implanted by nature in men; e.g., the human heart is too weak to despise power, imbecilla natnra est ad contemnendam potentiam: a man of an honest and good heart, natura justus vir ac bonus): pectus (the breast, as the seat of the feelings: cor is used in good prose only in certain forms of expression; Vid: below). A good heart, bonitas (general term, good-heartedness, as a property of anybody); animus benignus, benignitas (a beneficent disposition); animus mitis (a gentle mind): a bad or evil heart, animus malus (a naturally corrupt one); animus improbus, improbitas (a wicked, ungodly disposition): a depraved, corrupt heart, voluntas depravata: from the heart, animo or ex animo (opposed to simulatione, simulate): to love anybody from my heart, aliquem ex animo amare; aliquem ex animo vereque diligere: to love anybody with one’s whole heart, toto pectore aliquem amare: to speak from the heart, ex animo vereque dicere: oh! that this expression came from your heart! utinam istud verbum ex animo diceres: to all appearance... but in heart, simulatione... sed animo (e.g., to all appearance he was against Caes., but in heart he favored him, simulatione contra Caesarem, sed animo pro Caesare stetit): anything or anybody is near to my heart, aliquid or aliquis mihi curae or cordi est (☞ not curae cordique est); mihi curae est de aliqua re (☞ but only in epistolary style, and unusual): an object is near to my heart, aliquid mihi summae curae est (I interest myself about it); aliquid mihi in medullis est (it is very dear to me): my heart prompts me to do anything, est mihi cordi aliquid facere: nothing lies nearer my heart, nihil est mihi aliqua re antiquius: anything is nearer to my heart than another, amicior alicui rei quam... sum (Nep., Milt., 3, 6). There is nobody to whose heart anything is nearer than it is to mine, tam amicus sum alicui rei, quam qui maxime: no object is nearer to my heart than to, etc., nihil mihi potius est, quam ut, etc. (Vid: Cic., Somn. Scip., 1): anybody takes anything more to heart than another, propior dolor alicui alicujus rei est (☞ Liv., 7, 21, 3): to take anything to heart, aliquid sibi curae habere; cura alicujus rei in animum alicujus descendit (Liv., 3, 52); aliqua re moveri or commoveri (to be moved, touched with anything); de aliqua re laborare, aliquid aegre ferre (to vex one’s self about anything); aliquid in pectus or in pectus animumque (of several, in pectora animosque) demittere (to impress anything deeply upon one’s self): not to take anything to heart, non laborare de aliqua re, negligere aliquid (both; e.g., the death of anybody): anything lies or presses upon my heart, aliquid animum meum pungit; aliquid me or animum meum soilicitum habet: a thing goes to my heart, tangit aliquid animum meum; aliquid animum meum perciitit: to go to the heart, animum alicujus movere, commovere; in animum alicujus penetrare; alte in alicujus pectus descendere (to make a deep impression, of lessons, etc.; Sall., Jug., 11, 7): a thing makes a deep impression on my heart, aliquid alte in pectus meum descendit (Sall., Jug., 11, 7; is of the impression on the mind). I shall not take it much to heart if, levissime feram, si, etc. PROV. To have one’s heart in one’s mouth, *nec aliud sentire; nec aliud loqui; nec aliud clausum in pectore, nec aliud promptum in lingua habere (after Sall., Cat., 10, 5). When I converse with anybody, be it who it may, I always speak from my heart, quicum ego colloquar, nihil fingam, nihil dissimulem, nihil obtegam (Cic., Att., 1, 18, in): to be able to see into anybody’s heart, apertum alicujus pectus videre: the searcher of hearts, qui in omnium mentes introspicit (Vid: Cic., De Fin., 2, 35, 118); qui hominum voluntates introspicit (Vid: Tac., Ann., 1, 7, 8): if we could look into the hearts of tyrants, we might, etc., si recludantur tyrannorum mentes, posse, etc. (Tac., Ann., 6, 6, 2). Oh! that you could see into my heart! utinam oculos in pectora mea posses inserere! († Ov., Met., 2, 93): to sink into anybody’s heart, influere in alicujus animum (e.g., of sounds); (se) insinuare alicujus animo (e.g., of a suspicion): to be able to bring one’s heart to, etc., (in) animum inducere posse, followed by infinitive or ut: not to have the heart to, etc., not to find it in one’s heart to, a se or ab animo suo impetrare non posse, with ut, etc.: to speak in all sincerity of heart, vere et ex animi sententia loqui: what comes from the heart finds its way to the heart, oratio, quae habet sensus, facile in sensus et mentes hominum intrat (after Cic., De Or., 3, 25, init., and 2, 25, extr.). Do not make my heart sad, *noli me angere; *noli me or animum meum sollicitare. To open one’s heart to anybody, alicui sensus suos aperire; totum se patefacere alicui: to pour out one’s heart to anybody, alicui cordolium patefacere (to tell one’s sorrow to anybody, Apul., Met., 9, p. 226, 28); cum aliquo conqueri fortunam adversam (to complain bitterly to a person of one’s misfortune): cum aliquo conqueri de aliqua re: to give one’s heart to anybody, animum suum alicui dare or dedere (Vid: Liv., 1, 9; Ter. Hec., 3, 1, 14): to surrender one’s heart to a female, animum adjicere ad puellam (comedy): a person’s heart is still free, aliqua nondum (amore) captus est: his heart is no longer free, aliquis alibi animum amori deditum habet (Ter. Hec., 3, 1, 14). To be of one heart and of one mind with anybody, familiariter or intime uti aliquem: they are of one heart and of one mind, intime juncti sunt.

As a term of endearment: my sweet heart! meum cor! anime mi! mi animule! meum corculum! (comedy). (2) Courage (Vid: COURAGE), animus. To give heart to anybody, to put in heart, animum alicui facere or addere; alicui virtutem addere; animum alicujus confirmare, incendere (to strengthen, confirm one’s courage). A man of good heart, vir fortis (a brave man); vir metu vacuus (that knows no fear). To take heart, (in) animum inducere, followed by infinitive (general term, to endeavor to prevail upon one’s self): audere, followed by an infinitive (to venture, dare).

The shape of a heart, cordis species (Plin., 37, 10, 58, cordis speciem repraesentare): cordis formella (as a kitchen utensil, after Apicius, 9, 11).

By heart (i. e., in the memory), memoriter, ex memoria: to know by heart, memoria tenere; complecti; in memoria habere: to learn by heart, ediscere; memoriae mandare, tradere, committere, infigere: to know every word of a writing by heart, ad verbum libellum ediscere:

Heart’s blood. To pay anybody with one’s hearts blood, de visceribus suis satisfacere alicui (Cic., Quint. Fr., 1, 3, 7).