ordinare Italian · revision 39139

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=end of the 13th century, Novellino|origins=la ōrdō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /or.diˈna.re/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''ordinare''' (first-person singular present órdino, first-person singular past historic ordinài, past participle ordinàto, auxiliary avére)^(Wiktionary)

+ Old Italian also had [[m|roa-oit|ordenare]].^(GDLI)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|la|ōrdinō|t=to arrange in rows; to regulate]], a learned word.^(Nocentini 2010)^(GRADIT 2003)^(Wiktionary)^(GDLI) The Latin verb comes from [[m|la|ōrdō|t=row; order; rule]].^(Nocentini 2010)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(de Vaan 2008) In Ecclesiastical Latin it also meant to ordain a priest.^(Nocentini 2010) The same Latin verb is [[fr|ordonner]] (earlier [[fro|ordener]]), [[es|ordenar]] and [[ro|urdina|t=to arrange; to follow]].^(Nocentini 2010)^(REW 1935)^(DEI|2669)

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+ According to de Vaan the older verb from the noun was [[m|la|ōrnō|t=to equip, adorn]], built directly on the stem; when the link between noun and verb had faded, a new verb was formed with the general sense “to put in order”, while the older verb kept the special sense that survives in [[ornare]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Devoto 1968) The origin of the noun is uncertain; de Vaan finds a link with the root [[ine-pro|*h₂er-|t=to fit]] of [[la|artus|t=joint]] attractive.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The first record is in the ''Novellino'', at the end of the 13th century, both for putting things in order and, in the literary sense, for disposing something to an end.^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The ecclesiastical sense, to confer holy orders, appears in Iacopo Passavanti (1354), and “to command” in Matteo Villani (before 1363).^(DELI 1999) Dante writes in the ''Convivio'' that justice ''ordina noi ad amare'' (“disposes us to love”), a sense now archaic.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Treccani 2011) The sense “to commission, order goods” is recorded in Machiavelli, before 1527, and Machiavelli also uses the verb for founding states on laws.^(DELI 1999)^(Zingarelli 2010)

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+ Modern uses include ordering food and drink in a bar or restaurant, a doctor prescribing a treatment, and in mathematics giving a set an order relation.^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Treccani 2011) In southern dialects the plural noun ''ordinari'' means menstruation.^(DEI|2669) The derivative ''ordinanza'' was formed on French ''ordonnance''.^(Nocentini 2010)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * End of the 13th century – The ''Novellino'' uses ''ordinare''.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1354 – Iacopo Passavanti uses it for conferring holy orders.^(DELI 1999)

+ * Before 1363 – Matteo Villani uses it for “to command”.^(DELI 1999)

+ * Before 1527 – Machiavelli uses it for “to commission”.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 16th century – ''Riordinare'' is recorded.^(Nocentini 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To put in order, to [[m|en|arrange]]; to tidy up: ''ordinare le foto per data''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # To organise an institution by rules: to organise the army or a public service.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Treccani 2011)

+ # ''(figurative)'' To put ideas or thoughts in logical order.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Treccani 2011)

+ # ''(mathematics)'' To give a set an order relation.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ # To [[m|en|order]], to command: ''Il capitano ordinò di ritirarsi.''^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ # To [[m|en|prescribe]]: ''Il medico mi ha ordinato degli antibiotici.''^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Treccani 2011)

+ # To order goods or work; in a bar or restaurant, to ask for what one wants: ''Signori, cosa ordinate?''^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Treccani 2011)

+ # ''(religion)'' To [[m|en|ordain]]: ''È stato ordinato sacerdote l'anno scorso.''^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)^(DELI 1999)

+ # ''(literary)'' To dispose or direct to an end.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Treccani 2011)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[ordinamento]]

+ * [[ordinanza]]

+ * [[ordinato]]

+ * [[ordinata]]

+ * [[ordinativo]]

+ * [[ordinatore]]

+ * [[ordinazione]]

+ * [[riordinare]]

+ * [[riordinamento]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[ordigno]]

+ * [[ordinarsi]]

+ * [[ordine]]

+ * [[sovraordinare]]

+ * [[comandare]]

+ * [[ornare]]

+ * [[la|ōrdinō]]

+ * [[la|ōrdō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}