1. ŏrīgo — Lewis & Short
ŏrīgo, ĭnis, f.orior,
I earliest beginning, commencement, source, descent, lineage, birth, origin (class.; syn. ortus).
I Lit.
A In gen.:
originem rerum quaerere,Cic. Univ. 3:
origo tyranni,id. Rep. 2, 29, 51:
principii nulla est origo: nam e principio oriuntur omnia,id. ib. 6, 25, 27:
nullius autem rei causā remotā reperiri origo potest,id. Univ. 2, 3:
rerum genitalis,Lucr. 5, 176:
ab origine gentem (corripiunt morbi),Verg. G. 3, 473:
summi boni,Cic. Fin 2, 10, 31:
omnium virtutum,id. ib. 4, 7, 17:
fontium qui celat origines Nilus,source, Hor. C. 4, 14, 45:
auctore ab aliquo ducere originem,to derive one's origin from, to descend from, id. ib. 3, 17, 5:
mentis causa malae est origo penes te,Juv. 14, 226:
accipere,to take its origin, originate, Quint. 5, 11, 19:
ducere ex Hispaniā,to be of Spanish derivation, id. 1, 5, 57: deducere ab aliquo, to derive one's origin from, descend from, Plin. 6, 20, 23, §
76: ab aliquo habere,to draw one's origin from, descend from, id. 15, 14, 15, § 49:
trahere,id. 5, 24, 21, § 86:
PATRONVS AB ORIGINE,i. e. from his ancestors, Inscr. Fabr. p. 101, n. 232.—
B In partic.:
Origines,the title of a work by Cato upon the early history of the Italian cities, Nep. Cat. 3, 3:
quod (M. Cato) in principio scripsit Originum suarum,Cic. Planc. 27, 66; id. Sen. 11, 38.—Hence, in allusion to this title: quam ob rem, ut ille solebat, ita nunc mea repetet oratio populi origines;
libenter enim etiam verbo utor Catonis,Cic. Rep. 2, 1, 3.—
II Transf.
A A race, stock, family, Ov. M. 1, 186:
ille tamen nostrā deducit origine nomen,Verg. A. 10, 618:
Vitelliorum originem alii aliam tradunt: partim veterem et nobilem, partim vero novam et obscuram, atque etiam sordidam,Suet. Vit. 1.—Of animals, Verg. G. 3, 473. —
B Of persons, an ancestor, progenitor, founder:
Aeneas, Romanae stirpis origo,Verg. A. 12, 166:
celebrant carminibus antiquis Tuisconem deum terrā editum, et filium Mannum, originem gentis conditoresque,Tac. G. 2:
hujus origo Ilus,Ov. M. 11, 755:
mundi melioris origo,the creator, id. ib. 1, 79; cf. Stat. Th. 1, 680:
eaeque (urbes) brevi multum auctae, pars originibus suis praesidio, aliae decori fuere,their mother-cities, Sall. J. 19, 1; so Liv. 26, 13; 38, 39; also in sing., id. 37, 37; Inst. 23, 1.