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.
CORDIAL Copy link • CORDIAL 1. s. potus jucundissimus; *potus vires reficiens: to give anybody a cordial, potione firmare aliquem. 2. adj., verus (true): sincerus (genuine, sincere): suavis: dulcis (gratifying, agreeable): reficiens: recreans (refreshing; with animum, if relating to the mind). to meet with a cordial reception, benigne, comiter, amice, honorince excipi a aliquo (after Cic.): not to meet with a cordial reception, male excipi ab aliquo. A cordial reception, *liberalitas, comitas, humanitas, qua aliquis excipitur or accipitur. To send anybody one’s cordial salutations, alicui plurimam salutem impertire, or aliquem plurima salute impertire. Vid: HEARTY.