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.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative exōrsus exōrsa exōrsum exōrsī exōrsae exōrsa
genitive exōrsī exōrsae exōrsī exōrsōrum exōrsārum exōrsōrum
dative exōrsō exōrsae exōrsō exōrsīs
accusative exōrsum exōrsam exōrsum exōrsōs exōrsās exōrsa
ablative exōrsō exōrsā exōrsō exōrsīs
vocative exōrse exōrsa exōrsum exōrsī exōrsae exōrsa

Derived terms

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.
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