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+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=inherited|attested=Plautus|origins=itc-pro *ord-i-}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈoːr.di.ɔr]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈɔr.di.or]^(Wiktionary)
+ 
+ ==Forms==
+ '''ōrdior''' (present infinitive ōrdīrī, perfect active ōrsus sum); fourth conjugation, deponent^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is probably related to [[ōrdō]] “row, order”, and was first a weaving term, to lay the warp, as shown by [[exōrdior]] and [[redōrdior]] “to unweave”.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(de Vaan 2008) De Vaan reconstructs [[itc-pro|*ord-i-|t=row, arrangement]], perhaps from PIE *h₂or-d-, and takes the original meaning as “to be put in a certain order”, of the threads laid in a pattern; he considers the long ''ō'' secondary.^(de Vaan 2008) Wiktionary calls the origin unknown.^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ De Vaan dates it from Plautus,^(de Vaan 2008) who says a man has just begun to speak.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ Its first sense was to lay the warp of a web, as Pliny says of a spider weaving its web.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) From this it meant to embark on an undertaking, to start or begin, especially to begin to speak or write, and to start from a given point.^(OLD 2012) Festus explains it as making the beginning of a thing.^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ The TLL notes that the wider sense of beginning prevails in the simple verb, but agrees with those who hold the weaving sense to be original.^(TLL) It survives in [[fr|ourdir]].^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Its derivative [[exōrdium]] was the warp set up on a loom and so a beginning.^(de Vaan 2008)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of beginning to speak.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 220–130 BC – Pacuvius speaks of beginning a new scheme.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder uses it of a spider laying its web.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ 
+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To lay the warp of (a web).^(OLD 2012)
+ # To begin, start (an undertaking).^(OLD 2012)
+ # To begin (to speak or write).^(OLD 2012)
+ # To begin speaking.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To start (from a given point).^(OLD 2012)
+ 
+ ==Word family==
+ * [[exōrdium]]
+ * [[prīmōrdium]]
+ 
+ ==Related words==
+ * [[ōrdō]]
+ * [[exōrdior]]
+ * [[en|exordium]]
+ * [[en|order]]
+ 
+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}