ordior

Latin

Alternative forms

• ōrdiō

Etymology

Unknown origin.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈoːr.di.ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɔr.d̪i.or]

Verb

ōrdior (present infinitive ōrdīrī, perfect active ōrsus sum); fourth conjugation, deponent

1. to begin

   Synonyms: incohō, exōrdior, occipiō, incipiō, coepiō, initiō, ineō, ingredior, aggredior, sūmō, moveō, committō, mōlior, exorior

   Antonyms: dēsistō, subsistō, cessō

2. (weaving) to begin to weave, lay the warp
3. to start talking about

   Synonyms: īnfit, aio, alloquor, loquor, inquam

Conjugation

• There is a supine and perfect passive participle ōrdītus, which is rare and only post-Classical.

   Conjugation of ōrdior (fourth conjugation, deponent)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	ōrdior		ōrdīris, ōrdīre		ōrdītur		ōrdīmur		ōrdīminī		ōrdiuntur
	imperfect	ōrdiēbar		ōrdiēbāris, ōrdiēbāre		ōrdiēbātur		ōrdiēbāmur		ōrdiēbāminī		ōrdiēbantur
	future	ōrdiar		ōrdiēris, ōrdiēre		ōrdiētur		ōrdiēmur		ōrdiēminī		ōrdientur
	perfect	ōrsus or ōrdītus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	ōrsus or ōrdītus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	ōrsus or ōrdītus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	ōrdiar		ōrdiāris, ōrdiāre		ōrdiātur		ōrdiāmur		ōrdiāminī		ōrdiantur
	imperfect	ōrdīrer		ōrdīrēris, ōrdīrēre		ōrdīrētur		ōrdīrēmur		ōrdīrēminī		ōrdīrentur
	perfect	ōrsus or ōrdītus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	ōrsus or ōrdītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		ōrdīre		—		—		ōrdīminī		—
	future	—		ōrdītor		ōrdītor		—		—		ōrdiuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		ōrdīrī			—			ōrdiēns			—
future		ōrsūrum esse, ōrdītūrum esse			—			ōrsūrus, ōrdītūrus			ōrdiendus, ōrdiundus
perfect		ōrsum esse, ōrdītum esse			—			ōrsus, ōrdītus			—
future perfect		ōrsum fore, ōrdītum fore			—			—			—
perfect potential		ōrsūrum fuisse, ōrdītūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		ōrdiendī		ōrdiendō		ōrdiendum		ōrdiendō		ōrsum, ōrdītum		ōrsū, ōrdītū

Derived terms

• exordium
• prīmordium

Descendants

See ōrdiō.

References

• “ordior”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ordior”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ordior”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to enter into conversation with some one: sermonem conferre, instituere, ordiri cum aliquo
    
• Online Latin dictionary, Olivetti