noun
orsus
Meaning
- a beginning
orsus, ūs, m., ordior,
I. a beginning, commencement; an undertaking, attempt (poet.):
pectoris, Cic. poët. Div. 2, 30, 63: tenuis, Verg. Cul. 1.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
ōrsus
P. of ordior; see also orsa.
(ōrsus, ūs) m
ordior, a beginning, undertaking, attempt (only acc plur.): vanos pectoris orsūs.