orsum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →ordior, ordiri, orsus sum:
Verb · 4th conjugation · Deponent
- Frequency:
- Lesser
begin;
acc. sg. perf. part.acc. sg. perf. part.acc. sg.nom. sg. perf. part.voc. sg. perf. part. - Entry →orsum, orsi:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
words (pl.), utterance; undertakings, enterprises;
acc. sg.gen. pl.nom. sg.voc. sg. - Entry →orsus, orsus:
Masculine · Noun · 4th declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
web (weaving); beginning, start; attempt (ACC P), undertaking, initiative;
acc. sg.gen. pl.
Examples
FRAGMENTA
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...Exigua requieuit humo. — Atque, vt araneoli, tenuem formauimus orsum. Frag. XIX. Mille saporatam medicatis frugibus offam. Frag..."Liber XXXII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...Alexandri Philippus nauem ut exaudiretur propius terram adplicuit. Orsum eum dicere, in Aetolos maxime, uiolenter Phaeneas interfatus..."Liber I
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...morte regis, magnumque deorum numen ab ipso capite orsum in omne nomen Albanum expetiturum poenas ob bellum impium..."
