ordinato Italian · revision 38794

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=14th century|origins=la ōrdō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /or.diˈna.to/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''ordinato''' (feminine ordinata, masculine plural ordinati, feminine plural ordinate)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the past participle of [[ordinare|t=to put in order]], used as an adjective.^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Nocentini 2010)^(Zingarelli 2010) The verb continues [[la|ōrdinō|t=to arrange, to put in order]], a derivative of [[m|la|ōrdō|t=row, order]],^(Wiktionary) and Latin already had the participle in this sense.^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The adjective is dated to the 14th century.^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Nocentini 2010) Giordano da Pisa, who died in 1311, observed that gems are each beautiful, but more so ''tutte insieme ordinate'', set in order together.^(GDLI|12) DELI's first record of the sense “acting with order” is the ''Tristano'' of the late 14th century.^(DELI 1999)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Dante, in the ''Paradiso'', uses the word of lights arranged in the shape of a letter, and in the ''Convivio'' of human society ''a uno fine ordinata'', directed to one end; this “directed to a purpose” is now literary.^(GDLI|12)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(GRADIT 2003) Old Italian also said it of a person of regulated conduct, and Boccaccio speaks of an ''ordinato desiderio''.^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861) Vannoccio Biringuccio, before 1537, uses it of a process that goes forward in order.^(DELI 1999)

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+ Heraldry has ''ordinato'' for similar figures set in a row along a bend or a fess, recorded in 1940, and mathematics speaks of an ''insieme ordinato'', a set with an order relation.^(DELI 1999)^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Devoto–Oli 2026) In the Church a priest who has received holy orders is ''ordinato''.^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Treccani 2011)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * Early 14th century – Giordano da Pisa uses ''ordinate'' of gems arranged together.^(GDLI|12)

+ * Late 14th century – The ''Tristano'' uses it for “acting with order”.^(DELI 1999)

+ * Before 1537 – Biringuccio uses it for “proceeding in order”.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1940 – The heraldic sense is recorded in a dictionary of heraldry.^(DELI 1999)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|tidy]], in order, arranged in the proper place: ''una cucina pulita e ordinata''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Treccani 2011)

+ # Following a logical or practical order: ''un racconto ordinato dei fatti''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Treccani 2011)

+ # [[m|en|orderly]], regular, of a way of life or an organisation; of a state, governed by clear laws.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Gabrielli 2020)

+ # Of a person, tidy and methodical in what they do; also as a noun.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # Of troops, drawn up in order.^(GRADIT 2003)

+ # ''(ecclesiastical)'' [[m|en|ordained]], having received holy orders.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Treccani 2011)

+ # ''(literary)'' Directed to a purpose.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)

+ # ''(mathematics)'' Of a set, having an order relation: ''insieme parzialmente ordinato''.^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Treccani 2011)

+ # ''(heraldry)'' Of similar figures, set in a row along an ordinary.^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ # ''(commerce)'' Ordered, requested by an order.^(Gabrielli 2020)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[ordinatamente]]

+ * [[inordinato]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[ordinare]]

+ * [[ordine]]

+ * [[disordinato]]

+ * [[ordinata]]

+ * [[la|ōrdinō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}