exorsus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect active participle of exordior.

Participle

exōrsus (feminine exōrsa, neuter exōrsum); first/second-declension participle

1. having begun (to do...)
2. having been begun, having been commenced

Usage notes

Sometimes appears with a passive meaning, despite being the perfect participle of a deponent verb.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	exōrsus	exōrsa	exōrsum		exōrsī	exōrsae	exōrsa
Genitive	exōrsī	exōrsae	exōrsī		exōrsōrum	exōrsārum	exōrsōrum
Dative	exōrsō		exōrsō		exōrsīs
Accusative	exōrsum	exōrsam	exōrsum		exōrsōs	exōrsās	exōrsa
Ablative	exōrsō	exōrsā	exōrsō		exōrsīs
Vocative	exōrse	exōrsa	exōrsum		exōrsī	exōrsae	exōrsa

Derived terms

• exōrsa

References

• “exorsus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “exorsus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• exorsus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.