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
- G
FRAGMENTA
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...Exigua requieuit humo. — Atque, vt araneoli, tenuem formauimus orsum. Frag. XIX. Mille saporatam medicatis frugibus offam. Frag..." - T
Liber XXXII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...Alexandri Philippus nauem ut exaudiretur propius terram adplicuit. Orsum eum dicere, in Aetolos maxime, uiolenter Phaeneas interfatus..." - T
Liber I
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...morte regis, magnumque deorum numen ab ipso capite orsum in omne nomen Albanum expetiturum poenas ob bellum impium..."
