ordo

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ōrdō. Doublet of order.

Noun

ordo (plural ordines or ordos)

  1. (music) A musical phrase constructed from one or more statements of one modal pattern and ending in a rest.
  2. (Roman Catholicism) A calendar which prescribes the Mass and office which is to be celebrated each day.
  3. (biology, taxonomy) A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below classis and above familia.
  4. an established civil body or corporation with a hierarchy
    Synonym: order

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Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ōrdō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈordo/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ordo
  • Hyphenation: or‧do

Noun

ordo (accusative singular ordon, plural ordoj, accusative plural ordojn)

  1. order

Derived terms

Indonesian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin ōrdō. Doublet of rodi, orde, order, ordi, and wardi.

Noun

ordo (plural ordo-ordo)

  1. order,
    1. (Catholicism) a group of religious adherents, especially monks or nuns, set apart within their religion by adherence to a particular rule or set of principles
      Synonym: tarekat
    2. (taxonomy) a rank in the classification of organisms, below class and above family; a taxon at that rank

Etymology 2

Unknown (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

ordo (plural ordo-ordo)

  1. (zoology) seed-eating bird, Plocedere family of songbirds

Further reading

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈor.do/
  • Rhymes: -ordo
  • Hyphenation: ór‧do

Etymology 1

Inherited from Classical Latin horridus, perhaps with influence from lordo (filthy). Doublet of orrido.

Adjective

ordo (feminine orda, masculine plural ordi, feminine plural orde) (obsolete, very rare)

  1. filthy, dirty
    Synonyms: immondo, lordo, sozzo, sporco
    Antonyms: (uncommon) mondo, (uncommon) netto, pulito
  2. (figurative):
    1. corrupt, debased, perverted
      Synonym: corrotto
      Synonym: puro
    2. sinful
      Synonym: peccaminoso
    3. improper, unseemly
      Synonyms: indecoroso, indegno
  3. ugly, horrible, deformed
    Synonym: bello
    Synonyms: brutto, deforme

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Latin ōrdō. Doublet of ordine.

Noun

ordo m (plural not attested) (obsolete, very rare)

  1. synonym of ordine

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *ordō (row, order); the initial ō- is a secondary development. Probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂or-dʰ-Hō, from *h₂er- (to fit together), whence also artus (joint, limb).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

ōrdō m (genitive ōrdinis); third declension

  1. a methodical series, arrangement, or order; regular line, row, or series
    Fātum appellō ōrdinem seriemque causārum.
    I recognize fate as the order and succession of causes.
  2. a class, station, condition, rank
    Synonyms: gradus, classis, sors
    Eum absentem in amplissimum ōrdinem cooptāvērunt.
    They elected him while he was absent to the most honorable class (to the Senate).
  3. a group (of people) of the same class, caste, station, or rank ("vir senatorii ordinis")
  4. (military) A rank or line of soldiers; band, troop, company
  5. (military) command, captaincy, generalship
  6. (Ecclesiastical Latin) a guide for the celebration of a liturgical rite, such as the Mass or the Liturgy of the Hours ("Ordo Romanus Primus", "Ordo Missae")

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative ōrdō ōrdinēs
genitive ōrdinis ōrdinum
dative ōrdinī ōrdinibus
accusative ōrdinem ōrdinēs
ablative ōrdine ōrdinibus
vocative ōrdō ōrdinēs

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “ōrdō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 434

Further reading

  • ordo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ordo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "ordo", 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)
  • ordo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • chronology: temporum ratio, descriptio, ordo
    • to narrate events in the order of their occurrence: res temporum ordine servato narrare
    • to detail the whole history of an affair: ordine narrare, quomodo res gesta sit
    • the order of words: ordo verborum (Or. 63. 214)
    • the alphabet: litterarum ordo
    • to arrange in alphabetical order: ad litteram or litterarum ordine digerere
    • the senatorial order: ordo senatorius (amplissimus)
    • the equestrian order; the knights: ordo equester (splendidissimus)
    • people of every rank and age: homines omnium ordinum et aetatum
    • with close ranks; with ranks in disorder: confertis, solutis ordinibus
    • in open order: raris ordinibus
    • to fight in open order: laxatis (opp. confertis) ordinibus pugnare
    • (ambiguous) to systematise, classify a thing: in ordinem redigere aliquid
    • (ambiguous) to observe the chronological order of events: temporum ordinem servare
    • (ambiguous) to keep the ranks: ordines servare (B. G. 4. 26)
    • (ambiguous) to break the ranks: ordines turbare, perrumpere
  • ordo”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ordo in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  • ordo”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin