cordial (adj.) Copy link Outline 1. benignus et comis, Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 392. sincērus, vērus • cordial (adj.): i. e. heartily kind and friendly: 1. benignus et comis, Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 39: v. kind, hearty. 2. sincērus, vērus: v. sincere, genuine. Phr.: to give any one a c. welcome, aliquem benigne excipere, Liv.: my c. good wishes for your happiness, opto tibi multam felicitatem, Erasm. Coll.: to give any one your c. salutations, jubere aliquem salvere plurimum, id.: so with multam, plurimam, salutem, Cic.: v. to greet.