cordolium

Latin

Etymology

From cor (“heart”) + dolor (“pain, sorrow”).

Noun

cordolium n (genitive cordoliī or cordolī); second declension

1. heartfelt grief; sorrow of the heart

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cordolium	cordolia
Genitive	cordoliī cordolī1	cordoliōrum
Dative	cordoliō	cordoliīs
Accusative	cordolium	cordolia
Ablative	cordoliō	cordoliīs
Vocative	cordolium	cordolia

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

• Italian: cordoglio
• Old French: duel
  • French: deuil
  • Norman: deu

• Romanian: doliu
• Spanish: cordojo

References

• “cordolium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cordolium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• cordolium in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016