exordior Latin · revision 9512

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Plautus|origins=la ōrdior}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ɛkˈsoːr.di.ɔr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [eɡˈzɔr.di.or]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''exōrdior''' (present infinitive exōrdīrī, perfect active exōrsus sum); fourth conjugation, deponent^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[ex-]] and [[ōrdior]] “to begin, lay the warp”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan connects ⟨ōrdior⟩ with [[itc-pro|*ord-i-|t=row, arrangement]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Plautus.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In weaving it meant to lay the warp, begin a web, and in Cato to lay out the strands of a rope; from there it meant to begin, start, embark on, especially a speech, as in Plautus.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) The perfect participle could be passive, “begun”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ It survives in Italian ''esordire''.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses it of rope-making.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To lay the [[m|en|warp]]; to begin (a web).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To begin, start (a speech).^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[exōrdium]]

+ * [[exōrsa]]

+ * [[exorsus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[ōrdior]]

+ * [[ōrdō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}