1. ŏrĭor — Lewis & Short
ŏrĭor, ortus,
I fut. part. oriturus, 4 (but with some forms of the 3d conj.: orĭtur, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 305 Müll.; Gell. 4, 17, 14; cf. Cic. Ac. 2, 28, 89; Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 26; Lucr. 3, 272; Verg. A. 2, 411; 680; Hor. S. 1, 5, 39; Ov. M. 1, 774 et saep.:
oreris,id. ib. 10, 166; imperat. orere, Val. Max. 4, 7, 7: impf. subj. oreretur, Paul. Nol. Carm. 15, 59; and oreretur and orerentur are the more usual forms in the best MSS.; cf. Haase in Reisig's Vorles. p. 251; Neue, Formenl. 2, p. 418 sq.), v. dep. root or.; Sanscr. ar-; Gr. o)/rnumi, o)ri/nw; v. Georg Curtius Gr. Etym. 348 sq..
I In gen., of persons, to rise, bestir one's self, get up, etc.:
consul oriens nocte diceret dictatorem,Liv. 8, 23.—
B Esp., of the heavenly bodies, to rise, become visible, appear:
stellae, ut quaeque oriturque caditque,Ov. F. 1, 295:
ortā luce,in the morning, Caes. B. G. 5, 8:
orto sole,at sunrise, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 112:
postera lux oritur,id. S. 1, 5, 39; cf.: crassa pulvis oritur, Enn. ap. Non. 205, 28. —
II Transf., in gen., to come forth, become visible; to have one's origin or descent, to spring, descend from; to grow or spring forth; to rise, take its origin; arise, proceed, originate (syn. nascor):
hoc quis non credat abs te esse ortum?Ter. And. 3, 2, 9:
Rhenus oritur ex Lepontiis,takes its rise, Caes. B. G. 5, 4:
Maeander ex arce summā Celaenarum ortus,Liv. 38, 13, 7:
Tigris oritur in montibus Uxiorum,Curt. 5, 3, 1:
fons oritur in monte,Plin. Ep. 4, 30, 2:
Durius amnis oritur in Pelendonibus,Plin. 4, 20, 34, § 112:
amnis Indus in Cibyratarum jugis,id. 5, 28, 29, § 103:
ibi Caicus amnis oritur,id. 5, 30, 33, § 125:
incliti amnes Caucaso monte orti,Curt. 8, 9, 3:
Rhenus Alpium vertice ortus,Tac. G. 1, 2:
clamor,Caes. B. G. 5, 53:
oritur controversia,arises, Cic. Clu. 69, 161: unde oritur nox, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 193 Müll. (Ann. v. 407 Vahl.):
tempestas,Nep. Tim. 3, 3:
monstrum mirabile,Verg. A. 2, 680:
ulcera,Cels. 6, 13:
ea officia. quae oriuntur a suo cujusque genere virtutum,Cic. Fin. 5, 24, 69:
id facmus ex te ortum,Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 67:
tibi a me nulla orta est injuria,I have caused you no injury, Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 35: quod si numquam oritur, ne occidit quidem umquam, comes into being, Cic. Rep. 6, 24, 27. —Of persons, to be born:
in quo (solo) tu ortus et procreatus es,Cic. Leg. 2, 2, 4:
pueros orientes animari,at birth, id. Div. 2, 42, 89: ex concubina, Sal. J. 108, 1; to be descended from:
plerosque Belgas esse ortos a Germanis,Caes. B. G. 2, 4; to begin, commence, take its beginning:
ab aliquo sermo oritur,Cic. Lael. 1, 5.—Hence,
A ŏrĭens, entis, P. a.; as subst. m.
1 The rising sun, morning sun:
et me saevus equis oriens afflavit anhelis,Verg. A. 5, 739; id. G. 1, 250.—
2 The quarter where the sun rises, the East, the Orient (opp. to occidens, the West, the Occident):
ab oriente ad occidentem,Cic. N. D. 2, 66:
aestivus,the quarter where the sun rises in summer, Plin. 17, 14, 24, § 105:
hibernus,Col. 1, 6:
vernus,Gell. 2, 22, 7.—
3 Poet. for day:
septimus hinc oriens cum se demiserit undis,Ov. F. 1, 653.—
B ortus, a, um, P. a., sprung, descended, born; constr. with ex, ab, and (partic. with poets and since the Aug. per.) with simple abl.
(a) Class. usually with ab:
a me ortus,Cic. Planc. 27, 67:
quoniam ab illo (Catone) ortus es,id. Mur. 31, 66; Nep. Att. 18, 3; Hor. S. 1, 5, 55:
maternum genus ab regibus ortum,Suet. Caes. 6:
a liberatoribus patriae ortus,Liv. 7, 32, 13: homo a se ortus, without noble or famous ancestors:
ego a me ortus et per me nixus (opp. adjuvari commendatione majorum),Cic. Planc. 27, 67; id. Phil. 6, 6, 17.—
(b) Less freq. with ex and name of person:
ex Tantalo,Quint. 9, 3, 57; but with ex and the name of a place, family, order, class, etc., freq. and class.:
ex eodem loco ortus,Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 10:
ortus ex eā familiā, quā, etc.,Liv. 7, 10, 3:
ex concubinā,Sall. J. 5, 7; 108, 1; Liv. 1, 34, 6:
ex patricio sanguine,id. 6, 40, 6.—
(g) With abl. alone (except with loco and genere, mostly poet. and post-Aug.):
eā familiā ortus,Sall. C. 31, 7:
orte Saturno,Hor. C. 1, 12, 50; 4, 5, 1; 3, 6, 33: 4, 6, 32: id. Ep. 1, 6, 22:
ortus sorore ejus,Liv. 8, 3, 7:
paelice,id. 39, 53, 3:
orti Atticis,Vell. 1, 4 init.:
antiquis nobilibus,Quint. 3, 8, 31:
Germanicum Druso ortum,Tac. A. 1, 3:
Thessalis,id. ib. 6, 34; 12, 53;
15, 72: regiā stirpe,Curt. 4, 1, 17:
oppido Ferentino,Suet. Oth. 1:
equestri familiā,id. Aug. 2:
magnis e centurionibus,Hor. S. 1, 6, 73.