ex-ordĭor | exorsus, a, um | exorsa, ōrum (noun N) :
* V. dep. a., to begin a web, to lay the warp, to weave (class.).
* Lit.: funem longum pedes LXXII.,Cato R. R. 135, 4; cf. trop.: neque exordiri primum, unde occipias, habes, Neque detexundam ad telam certos terminos,Plaut. Ps. 1, 4, 7; and: pertexe modo, Antoni, quod exorsus es,Cic. de Or. 2, 33, 145.
* Transf., in gen., to begin, commence, esp. a speech; constr. with the acc., an inf., with ab or absol.
* With acc. (so perh. not in Cic.): consilia,Plaut. As. 1, 1, 102: argutias adversus aliquem,id. Bacch. 1, 2, 19: facinus,id. ib. 4, 4, 71: hanc rem facete et callide,id. Pers. 4, 1, 7: bellum ab causa tam nefanda,Liv. 4, 17, 6: classicum ingenti spiritu,Suet. Caes. 32: tragoediam magno impetu,id. Aug. 85: causam,Quint. 4, 1, 2: preces,Ov. M. 10, 483: parricidia et caedes a Claudio,Suet. Ner. 33 et saep.
* With inf. (Ciceronian): imitabor ergo Aratum, qui magnis de rebus dicere exordiens, a Jove incipiendum putat,Cic. Rep. 1, 36: tunc dicere exorsus est,id. Fin. 1, 8 fin.; cf. id. Div. 2, 49, 101; and Nep. Pelop. 1 fin.
* With ab (class.): aut ab adversarii dicto exordiemur, aut, etc.,Auct. Her. 1, 6, 10: ab ipsa re,Cic. de Or. 2, 79, 320: a veritate, a dignitate,id. ib. 2, 8, 31.
* Absol. (class.): ancilla hoc pacto exordiri coepit,Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 31: jubent exordiri ita, ut eum, qui audiat, benevolum nobis faciamus, etc.,Cic. de Or. 2, 19, 80; so, ita, quasi, etc., Quint. prooem. § 4: in hunc modum,Tac. A. 3, 50: his verbis,id. ib. 6, 6: clamore,Cic. Cael. 15, 38.!*? , , in pass. signif., begun, commenced: exorsa tela,Plaut. Bacch. 2, 4, 116; Visell. ap. Prisc. p. 793 P.; cf.: reperiunt ea, quibus ante exorsa et potius detexta prope retexantur,Cic. de Or. 2, 38, 158.—In the plur. subst.: , , n., a beginning, commencement: per ambages et longa exorsa aliquem tenere,a long preamble,Verg. G. 2, 45: sua cuique exorsa laborem Fortunamque ferent,beginning, undertaking,id. A. 10, 111 (opp. exitus), Amm. 14, 11, 26.

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