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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Ennius|origins=ine-pro *h₃er-}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ɔ.riˈʊn.dʊs]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [o.riˈun.dus]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''oriundus''' (feminine oriunda, neuter oriundum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)
+ Lucretius scans it as three syllables.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is an old gerundive of [[orior]] “to rise, arise”, with the force of a participle.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Gaffiot 2016) De Vaan traces ⟨orior⟩ to [[ine-pro|*h₃r̥-i-|t=to rise]].^(de Vaan 2008)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Ennius, ''ō sanguen dīs oriundum'' “o blood sprung from the gods”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates Ennius 204–169 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant descended, sprung from ancestors or a family, as in Ennius; of persons originating from a place, as in Lucilius, Plautus, Cicero and Livy; and of a stream springing from a source, as in Columella.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Lewis & Short call it rare but classical.^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ It survives in Italian ''oriundo'' and Spanish ''oriundo''.^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 180–102 BC – Lucilius uses it of origin from a place.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 1st century AD – Columella uses it of a stream.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Adjective===
+ # Descended, sprung (from).^(OLD 2012)
+ # Originating (from a place), native of.^(OLD 2012)
+ # (of a stream) Springing from.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[orior]]
+ * [[orīgō]]
+ * [[oriēns]]
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+ ==Usage notes==
+ ''Oriundus'' is also the name of a river in Illyria, in Livy.^(Gaffiot 2016)
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}