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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Ennius|origins=la ōrdior}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ɛkˈsoːr.di.ũː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [eɡˈzɔr.di.um]^(Wiktionary)
+ 
+ ==Forms==
+ '''exōrdium''' ''n'' (genitive exōrdiī or exōrdī); second declension^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[exōrdior]] “to lay the warp, begin”, from [[ōrdior]], with the suffix [[-ium]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Köbler's first source is Ennius, whom he dates 204–169 BC.^(Köbler 2010) The OLD's earliest citation, from Lucilius, is of the opening of a speech.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant the warp set up on a loom before weaving, as in Quintilian, and in Cicero the starting point, the beginning.^(OLD 2012) In Lucretius the plural meant the first beginnings of things, and in Lucilius it meant the introduction of a speech or book, a preface.^(OLD 2012)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant a beginning, source, institution.^(Stelten 1995) British Medieval Latin used it for a beginning in time, as of spring, and in anatomy.^(DMLBS) It survives in Italian ''esordio'' and French ''exorde'', and was borrowed as [[en|exordium]].^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius uses it.^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 180–102 BC – Lucilius uses it of an introduction.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of a beginning.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # The [[m|en|warp]] on a loom.^(OLD 2012)
+ # A beginning.^(OLD 2012)
+ # First beginnings.^(OLD 2012)
+ # An introduction, preface, [[m|en|exordium]].^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[ōrdior]]
+ * [[exōrdior]]
+ * [[en|exordium]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}