verbfourth conjugation, deponent
adorior
adorior (present infinitive adorīrī, perfect active adortus sum)
Classical[aˈdɔ.ri.ɔr]Ecclesiastical[aˈdɔː.ri.or]
Meaning
- deponentto assail, assault, attack
- deponentto accost, approach
- deponentto undertake, initiate, engage in
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
aggredior, oppugnōadorior -īrī, -ortus — in IVLIANVS II: Imperium, ch. 5
aggredior, invādōadorior -īrī — in IVLIANVS III: Persia, ch. 21
subitō oppugnōattack suddenly
adorior -īrī, adortus — in De Bello Gallico II, ch. 3, 5 and De Bello Gallico III, ch. 8
Conjugation conjugation 4 deponent
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | adorior | adoriēbar | adoriar | — | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | adorīris adorīre | adoriēbāris adoriēbāre | adoriēris adoriēre | — | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | adorītur | adoriēbātur | adoriētur | — | — | — |
| 1st pl. | adorīmur | adoriēbāmur | adoriēmur | — | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | adorīminī | adoriēbāminī | adoriēminī | — | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | adoriuntur | adoriēbantur | adorientur | — | — | — |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | adoriar | adorīrer | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | adoriāris adoriāre | adorīrēris adorīrēre | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | adoriātur | adorīrētur | — | — |
| 1st pl. | adoriāmur | adorīrēmur | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | adoriāminī | adorīrēminī | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | adoriantur | adorīrentur | — | — |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | adorīre | — |
| pres. 2nd pl. | adorīminī | — |
| fut. 2nd sg. | adorītor | — |
| fut. 3rd sg. | adorītor | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | adoriuntor | — |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | adorīrī | — |
| perfect infinitive | adortum esse | — |
| future infinitive | adortūrum esse | — |
| present participle | adoriēns | — |
| perfect participle | adortus | — |
| future participle | adortūrus adoritūra, adoritūrā, adoritūrae, adoritūram, adoritūrārum, adoritūrās, adoritūre, adoritūrī, adoritūrīs, adoritūrō, adoritūrōrum, adoritūrōs, adoritūrum, adoritūrus | adoriendus adoriundus, adorienda, adoriendā, adoriendae, adoriendam, adoriendārum, adoriendās, adoriende, adoriendīs, adoriendōrum, adoriendōs |
gerundadoriendī, adoriendō, adoriendumsupineadortum, adortū
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- hostes a tergo adoriri
- to attack the enemy in the rear.
ăd-ŏrĭor, ortus, 4, v. dep. (
I. part. adorsus, Gell. 9, 2, 10; see the passage at the end of this art.; the second and third pers. of the pres. ind., acc. to the fourth conj.: adorīris, adorītur; forms analogous to orĕris, orĭtur, of the simple verb occur in Lucr. 3, 513; Lucil. ap. Prisc. p. 880 P.), to rise up for the purpose of going to some one or something, or of undertaking something great, difficult, or hazardous (clandestinely, artfully, when a hostile approach is spoken of; while aggredi indicates a direct, open attack from a distance: aggredimur de longinquo; adorimur ex insidiis et ex proximo; nam adoriri est quasi ad aliquem oriri, i. e. exsurgere, Don. ad Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 50; cf. the same ad Heaut. 4, 5, 9).
I. In gen., to approach a person in order to address him, to ask something of him, to accost, etc. (cf. accedo, adeo):
cesso hunc adoriri? (quasi de improviso alloqui, Don.), Ter. Heaut. 4, 5, 9: si ab eo nil fiet, tum hunc adorior hospitem, id. Phorm. 4, 2, 15.—II. Esp.
A. To approach one with hostile intent, to assault, assail, Lucil. ap. Prisc. p. 886 P.:
inermem tribunum gladiis, Cic. Sest. 37: a tergo Milonem, id. Mil. 10: navem, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 34 fin.: impeditos adoriebantur, Caes. B. G. 4, 26: hos Conon adortus magno proelio fugat, Nep. Con. 4: urbem vi, Liv. 1, 53: oppugnatio eos aliquanto atrocior quam ante adorta est, id. 21, 11; cf. 21, 28: praetorem ex improviso in itinere adortus, Tac. A. 4, 45: variis criminationibus, id. ib. 14, 52: minis, id. H. 1, 31: jurgio, Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 50: senatum, Suet. Caes. 9.—Also absol., Hirt. B. Afr. 69.—B. To enter upon any course of action, esp. to engage in or undertake any thing difficult or dangerous; with acc. or inf.:
commutare animum quicumque adoritur, Lucr. 3, 515: ne convellere adoriamur ea, quae non possint commoveri, Cic. de Or. 2, 51, 205; id. Att. 13, 22: Ἡρακλείδιον, si Brundisium salvi, adoriemur (sc. scribere), id. ib. 16, 2; Auct. Her. 2, 4: majus adorta nefas, Ov. P. 2, 2, 16: hi dominam Ditis thalamo deducere adorti, Verg. A. 6, 397; cf. id. ib. 7, 386; Cat. 63, 11.—So esp. in the histt., Nep. Dion. 6: hanc (Munychiam) bis tyranni oppugnare sunt adorti, id. Thras. 2, 5; so also Liv. 2, 51; 28, 3; 37, 5, 32; 40, 22; 43, 21; 44, 12; cf. also 3, 44: hanc virginem Appius pretio ac spe pellicere adortus.— Once in the form of the part. perf. adorsus: qui Hippiam tyrannum interficere adorsi erant, Gell. 9, 2, 10.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
ad-orior ortus, īrī, dep.,
to approach as an enemy, fall upon, assail, assault, attack: a tergo Milonem: hominem tumultuosissime: tribunum gladiis: impeditos, Cs.: urbem vi, L.: oppugnatio eos atrocior adorta est, L. — To accost, address: cesso hunc adoriri, T. — To attack, undertake, engage in: nefas, V — With infin: dominam deducere, V.: virginem perlicere, L.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
- Proto-Italic*ad
- Proto-Italic*ad-
- Latinadorior
Proto-Indo-European *h₃er-der. Proto-Italic *oriōr Latin orior Latin adorior From ad- + orior.