verbfourth conjugation, deponent
exōrdior
exōrdior (present infinitive exōrdīrī, perfect active exōrsus sum)
Classical[ɛkˈsoːr.di.ɔr]Ecclesiastical[eɡˈzɔr.di.or]
Meaning
- deponentto begin, commence (originally in weaving)
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
incipiōexōrdior, exōrsus — in IVLIANVS I: Gallia, ch. 1 and IVLIANVS II: Imperium, ch. 13
Conjugation conjugation 4 deponent
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | exōrdior | exōrdiēbar | exōrdiar | — | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | exōrdīris exōrdīre | exōrdiēbāris exōrdiēbāre | exōrdiēris exōrdiēre | — | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | exōrdītur | exōrdiēbātur | exōrdiētur | — | — | — |
| 1st pl. | exōrdīmur | exōrdiēbāmur | exōrdiēmur | — | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | exōrdīminī | exōrdiēbāminī | exōrdiēminī | — | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | exōrdiuntur | exōrdiēbantur | exōrdientur | — | — | — |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | exōrdiar | exōrdīrer | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | exōrdiāris exōrdiāre | exōrdīrēris exōrdīrēre | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | exōrdiātur | exōrdīrētur | — | — |
| 1st pl. | exōrdiāmur | exōrdīrēmur | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | exōrdiāminī | exōrdīrēminī | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | exōrdiantur | exōrdīrentur | — | — |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | exōrdīre | — |
| pres. 2nd pl. | exōrdīminī | — |
| fut. 2nd sg. | exōrdītor | — |
| fut. 3rd sg. | exōrdītor | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | exōrdiuntor | — |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | exōrdīrī | — |
| perfect infinitive | exōrsum esse | — |
| future infinitive | exōrsūrum esse | — |
| present participle | exōrdiēns | — |
| perfect participle | exōrsus exōrsa, exōrsā, exōrsae, exōrsam, exōrsārum, exōrsās, exōrse, exōrsī, exōrsīs, exōrsō, exōrsōrum, exōrsōs | — |
| future participle | exōrsūrus exorditūra, exorditūrā, exorditūrae, exorditūram, exorditūrārum, exorditūrās, exorditūre, exorditūrī, exorditūrīs, exorditūrō, exorditūrōrum, exorditūrōs, exorditūrum, exorditūrus, exōrsūra, exōrsūrā, exōrsūrae, exōrsūram, exōrsūrārum, exōrsūrās, exōrsūre, exōrsūrī, exōrsūrīs, exōrsūrō, exōrsūrōrum, exōrsūrōs, exōrsūrum | exōrdiendus exōrdiundus, exōrdienda, exōrdiendā, exōrdiendae, exōrdiendam, exōrdiendārum, exōrdiendās, exōrdiende, exōrdiendīs, exōrdiendōrum, exōrdiendōs |
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ex-ordĭor, orsus, 4,
I. v. dep. a., to begin a web, to lay the warp, to weave (class.).
I. Lit.:
funem longum pedes LXXII., Cato R. R. 135, 4; cf. trop.: neque exordiri primum, unde occipias, habes, Neque detexundam ad telam certos terminos, Plaut. Ps. 1, 4, 7; and: pertexe modo, Antoni, quod exorsus es, Cic. de Or. 2, 33, 145.—II. Transf., in gen., to begin, commence, esp. a speech; constr. with the acc., an inf., with ab or absol.
(a). With acc. (so perh. not in Cic.):
consilia, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 102: argutias adversus aliquem, id. Bacch. 1, 2, 19: facinus, id. ib. 4, 4, 71: hanc rem facete et callide, id. Pers. 4, 1, 7: bellum ab causa tam nefanda, Liv. 4, 17, 6: classicum ingenti spiritu, Suet. Caes. 32: tragoediam magno impetu, id. Aug. 85: causam, Quint. 4, 1, 2: preces, Ov. M. 10, 483: parricidia et caedes a Claudio, Suet. Ner. 33 et saep.—(b). With inf. (Ciceronian):
imitabor ergo Aratum, qui magnis de rebus dicere exordiens, a Jove incipiendum putat, Cic. Rep. 1, 36: tunc dicere exorsus est, id. Fin. 1, 8 fin.; cf. id. Div. 2, 49, 101; and Nep. Pelop. 1 fin. —(g). With ab (class.):
aut ab adversarii dicto exordiemur, aut, etc., Auct. Her. 1, 6, 10: ab ipsa re, Cic. de Or. 2, 79, 320: a veritate, a dignitate, id. ib. 2, 8, 31.—(d). Absol. (class.):
ancilla hoc pacto exordiri coepit, Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 31: jubent exordiri ita, ut eum, qui audiat, benevolum nobis faciamus, etc., Cic. de Or. 2, 19, 80; so, ita, quasi, etc., Quint. prooem. § 4: in hunc modum, Tac. A. 3, 50: his verbis, id. ib. 6, 6: clamore, Cic. Cael. 15, 38.!*? exorsus, a, um, in pass. signif., begun, commenced: exorsa tela, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 4, 116; Visell. ap. Prisc. p. 793 P.; cf.: reperiunt ea, quibus ante exorsa et potius detexta prope retexantur, Cic. de Or. 2, 38, 158.—In the plur. subst.: exorsa, ōrum, n., a beginning, commencement: per ambages et longa exorsa aliquem tenere, a long preamble, Verg. G. 2, 45: sua cuique exorsa laborem Fortunamque ferent, beginning, undertaking, id. A. 10, 111 (opp. exitus), Amm. 14, 11, 26.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
ex-ōrdior ōrsus, īrī, dep.,
to begin a web, lay the warp, prepare to weave: pertexe modo, Antoni, quod exorsus es: ante exorsa, the web they had begun. — Meton., to begin, commence, make a beginning: iubent exordiri ita, ut, etc.: preces, O.: Unde exordior narrare, T.: tum dicere exorsus est: de quo scribere exorsi sumus, N.: ab ipsā re: bellum ab causā tam nefandā, L.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
- Proto-Italic*eks
- Latinexōrdior
Latin ex- Latin ordior Latin exōrdior From ex- + ordior.
Descendants
- Italianesordire
In English words that came into English from exōrdior
- exordiumexordium
- exordialexordiri