praecordialiter

praecordialiter [ML < CL prae-+ML cordialiter] 1 in a manner that involves the internal organs, vitals, or bowels; b (in fig. context) ‘through the middle’, ‘to the heart’, so as to affect the deepest feelings or thoughts. hoc precordium ‥, i. intestinum, ‥ unde ‥ ~iter adv. Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 102.  b episcopus ‥ hiis verbis totam cordis ejus erectionem tumidam elisit ‥ . hoc ‥ telo, blando et levi, sed mirum in modum penetrabili et peracuto, rex ~iter trajectus ‥ ore supino in terram deponens cervicem risibus ‥ diutius frena laxabat (Hugo) NLA II 45. 2 (from) deep within, deeply. b with deep or intense feeling, in a heartfelt manner, deeply, intensely, heartily, fervently. s1249 cives [sc. Londoniarum] ~iter ingemuerunt, dicentes ‥ M. Par. Maj. V 49; si multa eum moverent et commovere merito deberent et offendere, super hoc precordalius conquestus est in secreto Id. Edm. 259; s1246 quamplures eorum ‥ ~iter suspirantes doluerunt, dicentes Flor. Hist. II 307.  b vestris semper necessitatibus ~ius intendo Gosc. Edith 297; a1161 utriusque vite successus vobis ~ius studeant ab Altissimo promereri J. Sal. Ep. 125 (85); 1208 unde vobis ut domino ~issime gratiarum acciones refero multiplices Pat 83a; qui exules et pauperes morituri, ipsi tiranno ~iter maledicebant M. Par. Min. I 13; s1217 cum ‥ hujus rei eventus ad notitiam Lodowyci pervenisset, multo ~ius doluit Oxnead Chr. 142 (= B. Cotton HA 109) (cf. M. Par. Maj. III 28: fortius); 1440 quibus eam interpellatam et ~iter exoratam volumus Bekynton I 108. 3 in a loving or affectionate manner, lovingly, warmly (some quots. might also be construed with sense 2). 1262 tribulationum diversitas ‥ et afflictionum crudelitas, quas fuistis ‥ peperti, nos excitant ‥ ut vobis teneritate paterna ‥ ~ius compati debeamus MonA I 31a; tantis signis monitus / penitens jam credat, / quod precordialiter / Christus ei se dat Peckham Phil. 54; ~iter adherens beato Roberto, quondam Lincolnie episcopo, eique suos parvulos tradens nutriendos, multa per ipsius consilia salubria tractabat (Rish.) Wals. YN app. 497; a1440 ex intimis nostri cordis visceribus vos ~iter salutamus Reg. Whet. II 408.