I.without intelligence, without understanding, senseless, silly, stupid (class.; cf.: “amens, demens, vecors, insanus, vesanus, delirus): aliis cor ipsum animus videtur: ex quo excordes, vecordes, concordesque dicuntur,” Cic. Tusc. 1, 9, 18; cf.: “an quod aspexit (taurus) vestitu purpureo excordem Caesarem, ipse corde privatus est?” id. Div. 2, 16, 36: “excors, caecus, incogitabilis,” Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 63: “quae anus tam excors inveniri potest, quae illa extimescat?” Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 5; cf.: “hoc qui non videt, excors est,” id. Phil. 5, 2, 5; and: “aperte adulantem nemo non videt, nisi qui admodum est excors,” id. Lael. 26, 99: “turpis et excors,” Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 25: “tune insanus eris, si acceperis? an magis excors Rejecta praeda?” id. S. 2, 3, 67.
ex-cors , cordis, adj. cor, the heart, as the seat of intelligence; v. cor,
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.
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