ortus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect active participle of the deponent verb orior.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈor.tus/, [ˈɔrt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈor.tus/, [ˈɔrt̪us]

Participle

ortus (feminine orta, neuter ortum); first/second-declension participle

1. having risen
   1. of the sun or of the day: having risen, having dawned
      • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 2.813:

        iamque erat orta diēs

        And now the day was dawned.

2. having appeared
3. having originated
4. (of living creatures) having come into existence, having been born
   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 4.203:

     Iuppiter ortus erat

     Jupiter was born.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ortus	orta	ortum		ortī	ortae	orta
Genitive	ortī	ortae	ortī		ortōrum	ortārum	ortōrum
Dative	ortō		ortō		ortīs
Accusative	ortum	ortam	ortum		ortōs	ortās	orta
Ablative	ortō	ortā	ortō		ortīs
Vocative	orte	orta	ortum		ortī	ortae	orta

Noun

ortus m (genitive ortūs); fourth declension

1. a birth
2. a sunrise
3. (by extension) east

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ortus	ortūs
Genitive	ortūs	ortuum
Dative	ortuī	ortibus
Accusative	ortum	ortūs
Ablative	ortū	ortibus
Vocative	ortus	ortūs

Descendants

• Italian: orto
• Spanish: orto

References

• “ortus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ortus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ortus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• ortus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • sunrise; sunset: ortus, occasus solis
    
  • the east winds are blowing: venti ab ortu solis flant
    
  • Cato of Utica was a direct descendant of Cato the Censor: Cato Uticensis ortus erat a Catone Censorio
    
  • a native of England: ortus ab Anglis or oriundus ex Anglis
    
  • the conversation began with..: sermo ortus est ab aliqua re
    
  • a knight by birth: equestri loco natus or ortus
    

Anagrams

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