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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cato|origins=la ōrdō}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [oːr.dɪˈnaː.ri.ʊs]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [or.diˈnaː.ri.us]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''ōrdinārius''' (feminine ōrdināria, neuter ōrdinārium); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[ōrdō]], ⟨ōrdinis⟩ “order, row” with the suffix [[-ārius]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Cato, of a soldier, apparently one in the ranks.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Cato 234–149 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant arranged in regular lines, as Vitruvius' courses of masonry and Columella's rows.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) It meant ordinary, usual, regular, as in Livy, and Lewis and Short note it is not in Cicero or Caesar.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) A ''cōnsul ōrdinārius'' was a regularly elected consul as opposed to a suffect, and Suetonius uses it of slaves with a permanent position, who might themselves have slaves under them.^(OLD 2012)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant ordinary, regular, usual, and as a noun an ordinary, a cleric with ordinary jurisdiction, such as a bishop.^(Stelten 1995) In Medieval Latin a ''liber ōrdinārius'' was a liturgical book for the ordinary services.^(Niermeyer 1976) It survives in Italian ''ordinario'' and French ''ordinaire'', and through Old French it gave [[en|ordinary]] about 1400.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses it of soldiers.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 84–c. 25 BC – Vitruvius uses it of regular courses.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it of the regular and of ordinary consuls.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 1400 – English ''ordinary'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Adjective===
+ # Arranged in rows or courses.^(OLD 2012)
+ # [[m|en|Ordinary]], usual, regular.^(OLD 2012)
+ # Of a consul, regularly appointed.^(OLD 2012)
+ # Of a slave, holding a permanent post.^(OLD 2012)
+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' As a noun, a bishop or other ordinary.^(Stelten 1995)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[extrāōrdinārius]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[ōrdō]]
+ * [[en|ordinary]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}