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aurĭcŭla (or ōrĭcŭla, Trog. ap. Plin. 11, 52, 114, § 276; Balliol MS. Cic. ad Q. Fr. 2, 15 (Ellis ad Cat. 25, 2); cf. Fest. s. v. orata, p. 183 Müll.; cf. aurum init.), ae, f. dim. [auris].

  1. I. The external ear, the ear-lap: sine te prendam auriculis, sine dem suavium, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 163: Praehende auriculis, id. As. 3, 3, 78: auriculam fortasse mordicus abstulisset, Cic. ad Q. Fr. 3, 4: rubentes, Suet. Aug. 69: fractae, Plin. 20, 9, 40, § 103; Vulg. Matt. 26, 51; ib. Marc. 14, 47; ib. Joan. 18, 26.
    On account of its softness, prov.: auriculā infimā mollior, softer than the earlap, Cic. ad Q. Fr. 2, 15.
  2. II. In gen., the ear: ut omne Humanum genus est avidum nimis auricularum, have too itching ears, Lucr. 4, 594; Auct. ad Her. 4, 10; Hor. Ep. 1, 8, 16; 1, 2, 53; id. S. 1, 9, 20; 1, 9, 77; 2, 5, 33; Pers. 2, 30; Vulg. 1 Reg. 9, 15; ib. 2 Par. 17, 25.

aurĭcŭlārĭus. (also ōrĭcŭlārĭus, like oricula for auricula, Cels. 5, 26, 12; 7, 26, 5; 7, 30, 3 al.), ii, m. [auricula].

  1. I. Medicus, an aurist, Dig. 50, 13, 1; Inscr. Orell. 4, 227.
  2. II. A counsellor, Vulg. 2 Reg. 23, 23.
  3. III. = ὠτακουστής, Vet. Gloss.

auro, āre, v. a. [aurum], to overlay with gold, to gild: a metallorum quoque nominibus solent nasci verba, ut ab auro auro, auras; ab aere aero, aeras, unde aeratus et auratus, etc., Prisc. p. 828 P.
As finite verb only in one (doubtful) example in Tert. Coron. Mil. 12.
But very freq. aurā-tus, a, um, P. a.

  1. A. Furnished, overlaid, or ornamented with gold, gilded, gilt: auratus aries Colchorum, Enn. ap. Cic. Or. 49, 163: aurata metalla, metals rich in gold, Lucr. 6, 811: tecta, id. 2, 28, and Cic. Part. Or. 6, 3: tempora, covered with a golden helmet, Verg. A. 12, 536: lacerti, Prop. 4, 12, 57: sinus, ornamented with a golden buckle, clasp, pin, etc., Ov. F. 2, 310: vestes, id. M. 8. 448: amictus, id. ib. 14, 263: stolae, * Vulg. 2 Macc. 5, 2: milites, with golden shields, Liv. 9, 40, 3 al.
    Comp.: auratior hostia, Tert. Idol. 6 fin.
  2. B. Of gold, golden: pellis, Cat. 64, 5; Ov. M. 1, 470: monilia, id. ib. 5, 52; cf.: regum auratis circumdata colla catenis, Prop. 2, 1, 33: lyra, id. 4, 2, 14; Ov. M. 8, 15 al.
  3. C. Gold-colored: gemma nunc sanguineis, nunc auratis guttis, Plin. 37, 10, 66, § 179.
    Hence, subst.: aurāta, ae, f. (ōrāta, Paul. ex Fest. pp. 182 sq. Müll.; cf. aurum init.; Schneid. Gr. 1, p. 59), a fish, the gilt-bream: Sparus aurata, Linn.; Cels. 2. 18; 2, 28; Plin. 9, 16, 25, § 58; Mart. 13, 90.

aurum (Sab. ausum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 9 Müll.; vulg. Lat., ōrum, ib. p. 183; cf. Ital. and Span. oro and Fr. or), i, n. [v. aes].

  1. I. Gold; as a mineral, v. Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 66 sqq.: auri venas invenire, Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 151: venas auri sequi, Lucr. 6, 808; Tac. G. 5: aurum igni perspicere, Cic. Fam. 9, 16: eruere terrā, Ov. Am. 3, 8, 53: auri fodina, Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 78; Vulg. Gen. 2, 11; ib. 2 Par. 2, 7; ib. Matt. 2, 11; Naev. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 2, 797: ex auro vestis, id. 2, 22 (ap. Isid. Orig. 19, 22, 20) et saep.
    Provv.: montes auri polliceri, to promise mountains of gold, Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 18: carius auro, more precious than gold, Cat. 107, 3 (cf.: κρεισσονα χρυσοῦ, Aesch. Choëph. 372; χρυσοῦ χρυσότερα, Sapph. Fr. 122. Ellis).
  2. II. Meton.
    1. A. Things made of gold, an ornament of gold, a golden vessel, utensil, etc.: Nec domus argento fulget nec auro renidet, gold plate, Lucr. 2, 27. So,
      1. 1. A golden goblet: et pleno se proluit auro, Verg. A. 1, 739: Regales epulae mensis et Bacchus in auro Ponitur, Ov. M. 6, 488: tibi non committitur aurum, Juv. 5, 39; 10, 27; Stat. Th. 5, 188; and in the hendiadys: pateris libamus et auro = pateris aureis, Verg. G. 2, 192.
      2. 2. A golden chain, buckle, clasp, necklace, jewelry: Oneratas veste atque auro, Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 43: Donec eum conjunx fatale poposcerit aurum, Ov. M. 9, 411; 14, 394.
      3. 3. A gold ring: Ventilet aestivum digitis sudantibus aurum, Juv. 1, 28.
      4. 4. A golden bit: fulvum mandunt sub dentibus aurum, Verg. A. 7, 279; 5, 817.
      5. 5. The golden fleece: auro Heros Aesonius potitur, Ov. M. 7, 155.
      6. 6. A golden hairband, κρωβύλος: crines nodantur in aurum, Verg. A. 4, 138 Serv.
      7. 7. Esp. freq., gold as coined money: si quis illam invenerit Aulam onustam auri, Plaut. Aul. 4, 2, 4: De Caelio vide, quaeso, ne quae lacuna sit in auro, Cic. Att. 12, 6, 1: Aurum omnes victā jam pietate colunt, Prop. 4, 12, 48 sq.: quid non mortalia pectora cogis Auri sacra fames? Verg. A. 3, 56; cf. Plin. 37, 1, 3, § 6; so Hor. C. 2, 16, 8; 2, 18, 36; 3, 16, 9; id. S. 2, 2, 25; 2, 3, 109; 2, 3, 142; id. Ep. 2, 2, 179; Vulg. Matt. 10, 9; ib. Act. 3, 6 et saep.
    2. B. The color or lustre of gold, the gleam or brightness of gold, Ov. M. 9, 689: anguis cristis praesignis et auro (hendiadys, for cristis aureis), id. ib. 3, 32: saevo cum nox accenditur auro, Val. Fl. 5, 369 (i. e. mala portendente splendore, Wagn.); so, fulgor auri, of the face, Cat. 64, 100, ubi v. Ellis.
    3. C. The Golden Age: redeant in aurum Tempora priscum, Hor. C. 4, 2, 39: subiit argentea proles, Auro deterior, Ov. M. 1, 115; 15, 260.

hordĕācĕus (or ord-), a, um, adj. [hordeum], of or relating to barley, barley-: farina, Cato, R. R. 157, 5; Plin. 20, 13, 51, § 135: panis, id. 18, 11, 26, § 103: farrago, Col. 11, 2, 99: messis, Plin. 18, 29, 71, § 295: pira, barley-pears, i. e., ripe at the barleyharvest, Col. 5, 10, 18.

hordĕārĭus (also ordearius and hordĭarius), a, um, adj. [hordeum],

  1. I. of or relat. ing to barley, barley-: pira, barley-pears, i. e. pears that are ripe at barley-harvest, Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 55 (also called hordeacea pira, Col. 5, 10, 18); so, pruna, Plin. 15, 13, 12, § 41: hordiarium aes, quod pro hordeo equiti Romano dabatur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 102 Müll.; cf. Liv. 1, 43, 9 (Weissenb. ad loc.): Gai. Inst. 4, 27: antiquissimum in cibis hordeum, sicut Atheniensium ritu apparet et gladiatorum cognomine, qui hordearii vocabantur, Plin. 18, 7, 14, § 72: pecunia ex qua hordeum equis erat comparandum … dicebatur aes hordiarium, Gai. Inst. 4, 27.
  2. II. Like barley, i. e. inflated: hunc eundem M. Coelius hordearium rhetorem appellat, deridens ut inflatum ac levem et sordidum, Suet. Rhet. 2.

hordĕum (also ordeum, and arch. fordeum acc. to Quint. 1, 4, 14), i. n. [Sanscr. root ghars-, to rub, grind; O. H. Germ. Gers-ta], barley, Plin. 18, 7, 10, § 58; Cato, R. R. 35, 2; Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 6; Col. 2, 9, 3 sq.; Liv. 27, 13, 9; Suet. Aug. 24: frugibus legatis hordeum continetur, Paul. Sent. 3, 6, 78.
In plur., Verg. E. 5, 36; id. G. 1, 317; on account of this plur. he was abused by the poet Bavius; v. Bavius; cf. also: hordea et mulsa non alio vitiosa sunt, quam quod singularia pluraliter efferuntur. Quint. 1, 5, 16; plur. also Plin. 18, 7, 10, § 56.

hŏrĭa (oria), ae, f., a small vessel, a fishing-smack (cf.: celox, catascopium, prosumia, lembus, etc.): horia navicula piscatoria, Non. 533, 20; Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 5; 4, 3, 81; Gell. 10, 25, 5.

1. ōra, ae, f. [kindred with Sanscr. avāra, ripa citerior fluminis], the extremity of a thing; the border, brim, edge, margin, end, boundary.

  1. I. Lit.
    1. A. In gen. (class.; syn.: limbus, fimbria, instita, margo): omnes avidi spectant ad carceris oras, at the barriers, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 107 (Ann. v. 88 Vahl.): oras pocula circum, Lucr. 4, 12: (clipei), Verg. A. 10, 243: vestimentorum, Fest. p. 182 Müll.; Vulg. Exod. 26, 10; id. Hag. 2, 13: gemmae, Plin. 37, 10, 66, § 180: vulneris, Cels. 5, 26, 23: aether, extrema ora et determinatio mundi, Cic. N. D. 2, 40, 101. cf.: regio nes, quarum nulla esset ora, nulla extremitas, id. Fin. 2, 31, 102.
    2. B. In partic., the coast, sea-coast (syn.: litus, ripa): Graeciae, Cic. Fam. 12, 5, 1: Asiae, Nep. Alc. 5, 6: maritima, Caes. B. G. 3, 8: Jordanis, Vulg. 1 Macc. 9, 43; but transf.: ora maritima, the inhabitants of the coast, people of the maritime districts, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 23, 67. So, jam Misenensem classem et pulcherrimam Campaniam oram descivisse, Tac. H. 3, 60.
    3. C. Transf.
      1. 1. A region, clime, country: quacumque in orā ac parte terrarum, Cic. N. D. 2, 66, 164: gelida, Hor C. 1, 26, 4: conexa arbustorum ratio est, quas in oras debeant spectare, Plin. 17, 2, 2, 19 (al. horas): Trojae qui primus ab oris Italiam … venit, Verg. A. 1, 1; cf. id. ib. 3, 97; 10, 706.
      2. 2. Poet.: luminis orae, the world, the earth, life, light: tu produxisti nos intra luminis oras, Enn. ap. Cic. Rep. 1, 41, 64 (Ann. v. 118 Vahl.); cf.: sum (i. e. eum) quae dederit in luminis oras, id. Fragm. ap. Fest. s. v. sum, p. 298 Müll. (Ann. v. 165 Vahl.); Lucr. 1, 22: inde enascitur atque oras in luminis exit, id. 1, 170; 1, 179; cf. id. 5, 224; 781: quem Rhea sacerdos Furtivum partu sub luminis edidit oras, Verg. A. 7, 660: sponte suā quae se tollunt in luminis oras, id. G. 2, 47: Acherontis orae, the lower regions: animas Acheruntis in oras Ducere, Lucr. 6, 763.
      3. 3. A zone: globum terrae duabus oris distantibus habitabilem, Cic. Tusc. 1, 28, 68.
      4. 4. A rope or cable by which a ship or boat is fastened to the shore; opp. ancoralia, the anchor-cables: cum alii resolutis oris in ancoras evecti tenentur, alii, ne quid teneat, ancoralia incidunt, Liv. 22, 19, 10 Weissenb. ad loc.: ne hostes cum suis simul inrumperent, trahunt scalas orasque et ancoras praecidunt, id. 28, 36, 11; cf.: sublatae sunt ancorae, solvimus oram, profecti sumus, Quint. 4, 2, 41; Ep. ad Tryph. 3.
  2. II. Trop. (very rare, and only poet.): quis potis ingentes oras evolvere belli? qs. to unroll the edges of the picture of this war, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 178 Vahl.): imitated by Virgil: aspirate canenti … Et mecum ingentis oras evolvite belli, Verg. A. 9, 528; cf. Serv. ad loc.: in luminis oras eruere, to bring to light, Lucr. 5, 1455.

2. Ŏra (Hŏra), ae, f., the name of Hersilia, as a goddess, Ov. M. 14, 851.

‡ ōrābĭlis, e, adj. [oro], exorable, Not. Tir. p. 106.

ōrācŭlārĭus, a, um [oraculum], dealing in or uttering oracles; prophetic: habuit autem oracularios servos, qui illum pessum dederunt, Petr. S. 43.

ōrācŭlum (sync. oraclum: ex oraclo, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 21, 42, or Trag. v. 65 Vahl.; plur, oracla, Att. ap. Non. 488, 2, or Trag. Rel. p. 185 Rib.; Ov. M. 1, 321), i, n. [oro], a divine announcement, an oracle (class.).

  1. I. Lit.: oracula ex eo ipso appellata sunt, quod inest in his deorum oratio, Cic. Top. 20, 77: quid est enim oraculum? nempe voluntas divina hominis ore enuntiata, Sen. Contr. 1 praef.: edere, Cic. Tusc. 1, 48, 116: petere a Dodonā, id. Div. 1, 43, 95: quaerere, Verg. G. 4, 449: poscere, id. A. 3, 456: consulere, Ov. M. 3, 8: Delphis oracula cessant, Juv. 6, 555.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. In gen., a prophetic declaration, a prophecy: exposui somnii et furoris oracula, Cic. Div. 1, 32, 70; 1, 50, 115.
    2. B. A place where oracular responses were given, an oracle: illud oraculum Delphis tam celebre, Cic. Div. 1, 19, 37: Hammonis, Plin. 12, 23, 49, § 107: Delphicum, Macr. S. 1, 18, 4.
      1. 2. Esp. (eccl. Lat.), the mercy-seat, the place in the tabernacle in which the presence of God was manifest, Vulg. Exod. 25, 18; 40, 18: oraculum templi, sanctum sanctorum, id. 3 Reg. 8, 6.
    3. C. An oracular saying, oracle pronounced by a man: haec ego nunc physicorum oracula fundo, Cic. N. D. 1, 24, 66: inde illa reliqua oracula: nequam agricolam esse, etc., Plin. 18, 6, 8, § 40.
    4. D. An imperial rescript, Just. Inst. 1, 11, 11.

ōrārĭum, ii, n. [1. ōs], a napkin, handkerchief, Lucil. ap. Non. 539, 22: oculum ligavit orario, Aug. Civ. Dei, 22, 8, 7.
Used in signifying applause, Vop. Aur. 48 fin.

ōrārĭus, a, um, adj. [1. ora], of or belonging to the coast (post-Aug.): naves, coasting-vessels, coasters, Plin. Ep. 10, 15 (26); cf. naviculae, id. ib. 10, 28, 2.

Ōrāta, ae, m., an appellation bestowed on a certain Sergius, on account of his fondness for the gilt bream (aurata, orata, v. auro, P. a. fin.), Varr. R. R. 3, 3, 10, Col. 8, 16, 5; Fest. p. 182 Müll.

* ōrātim, adv. [1. ora], coastwise, from coast to coast, Sol. 3 dub. (al. moratim).

ōrātĭo, ōnis, f. [oro], a speaking, speech, discourse, language

  1. I. In gen., the connection of words to express thought: non est autem in verbo modus hic, sed in oratione, id est, in continuatione verborum, Cic. 3, 42, 167.
      1. 1. Speech, the power or faculty of speech, the habit or use of language: quae (ferae) sunt rationis et orationis expertes, Cic. Off. 1, 16, 50: natura vi rationis hominem conciliat homini et ad orationis et ad vitae societatem, id. ib. 1, 4, 12.
      2. 2. Speech, language, utterance; opp. to fact, action, etc.: lenitudo orationis, mollitudo corporis, Cic. Tusc. 5, 16, 46: idque videns Epicurus re tollit, oratione relinquit deos, id. N. D. 1, 44, 123: qui sunt leves locutores … eorum orationem bene existimatum est in ore nasci, non in pectore, Gell. 1, 15, 1: nam quid te igitur rettulit beneficum esse oratione, si ad rem auxilium emortuum est, Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 19: ut in vitā, sic in oratione, nihil est difficilius quam quid deceat videre, Cic. Or. 21, 70: qualis homo ipse esset, talem ejus esse orationem; orationi autem facta similia, factis vitam, id. Tusc. 5, 16, 47: partes igitur orationis secundum dialecticos duae, nomen et verbum, parts of speech, Prisc. 2, 4, 15.
      3. 3. Hence, a mode of speaking; a kind, manner, style of speech; language: quin tu istanc orationem hinc veterem atque antiquam amoves. Nam proletario sermone nunc utere, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 155: nam opulenti cum loquuntur pariter atque ignobiles, eadem dicta eademque oratio aequa non aeque valet, Enn. ap. Gell. 11, 4, 3: quam tibi ex ore orationem duriter dictis dedit, id. ap. Non. p. 512, 8: aliam nunc mihi orationem despoliato praedicas, Plaut. As. 1, 3, 52: Creta est profecto horum hominum oratio, quam orationem hanc aures dulce devorant, id. Poen. 5, 2, 9: (Andria et Perinthia) non ita sunt dissimili argumento, sed tamen Dissimili oratione, Ter. And. prol. 11.
        Esp. (in gram.): oratio obliqua, indirect speech, the use of dependent clauses in citing the language of others: quam (orationem) obliquam Pompeius Trogus exposuit (opp. to conciones directae), Just. 38, 3, 11.
        Hence,
      4. 4. Mode of speech, language, use of language, style: mollis est enim oratio philosophorum, Cic. Or. 19, 64: (fabulae) tenui oratione et scripturā levi, Ter. Phorm. prol. 5: ut Stoicorum est astrictior oratio aliquantoque contractior, quam aures populi requirunt, sic illorum (Peripateticorum) liberior et latior, quam patitur consuetudo judiciorum et fori, Cic. Brut. 31, 120: orationem Latinam efficies profecto legendis nostris pleniorem, id. Off. 1, 1, 2; cf. id. ib. 1, 1, 1.
      5. 5. Esp., the language of any people or nation: Timaeus in historiis quas oratione Graecā composuit, Gell. 11, 1, 1: semper cum Graecis Latina (exempla) conjunxi … ut par sis in utriusque orationis facultate, Cic. Off. 1, 1, 1.
  2. II. In partic., formal language, artificial discourse, set speech (opp. to sermo, ordinary speech, conversational language): mollis est oratio philosophorum et umbratilis, nec verbis instructa popularibus nec vincta numeris, sed soluta liberius: itaque sermo potiusquam oratio dicitur. Quamquam enim omnis locutio oratio est, tamen unius oratoris locutio hoc proprio dignata nomine est, Cic. Or. 19, 64; cf.: et quoniam magna vis orationis est eaque duplex, altera contentionis, altera sermonis, contentio disceptationibus tribuatur judiciorum, contionum, senatus, sermo in circulis, disputationibus, congressionibus familiarium versetur, sequatur etiam convivia, id. Off. 1, 37, 132.
    Hence,
    1. B. A set speech, harangue, discourse, oration: (oratio) ut gravis, ut suavis, ut erudita sit, ut liberalis, ut polita, ut sensus, ut doloris habeat quantum opus sit, non est singulorum articulorum: in toto spectantur haec corpore, etc., Cic. de Or. 3, 25, 96; cf. the context: illam orationem disertam sibi et oratoriam videri, fortem et virilem non videri, id. ib. 1, 54, 231: hanc habere orationem mecum principio institit, Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 21: pleraeque scribuntur orationes habitae jam, non ut habeantur, Cic. Brut. 24, 91: non est haec oratio habenda apud imperitam multitudinem, id. Mur. 29, 61: ignarus faciundae ac poliendae orationis, id. de Or. 1, 14, 63: in orationibus hisce ipsis judiciorum, contionum, senatus, id. ib. 1, 16, 73: quanta illa, di immortales, fuit gravitas, quanta in oratione majestas! sed adfuistis, et est in manibus oratio, id. Lael. 25, 96: qui orationem adversus rem publicam habuissent, eorum bona in publicum adducebat, Caes. B. C. 2, 18, 5: ab adulescentiā confecit orationes, Nep. Cat. 3, 3: Catonis aliae acerbae orationes extant, etc., Liv. 39, 42, 6: oratio plebi acceptior, id. 3, 69: accurata et polita, Cic. Brut. 95, 326: longa, Liv. 34, 5: acris et vehemens, Quint. 5, 13, 25: admirabilis, Cic. de Or. 3, 25, 94: angusta et concisa, opp. collata et diffusa, id. Or. 56, 187: aspera, tristis, horrida, neque perfecta neque conclusa, opp. laevis et structa et terminata, id. ib. 5, 20: circumcisa et brevis, Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 4: rotunda et undique circumcisa, Quint. 8, 5, 27: cohaerens, Cic. de Or. 3, 44, 173: concinna, id. ib. 3, 25, 98: stabilis, opp. volubilis, id. Or. 56, 187.
  3. III. Transf.
    1. A. The power of oratory, eloquence: tantam vim habet illa, quae recte a bono poëtā dicta est, flexamina atque omnium regina rerum oratio, ut non modo inclinantem excipere aut stantem inclinare, sed etiam adversantem ac repugnantem ut imperator fortis ac bonus capere possit, Cic. de Or. 2, 44, 187: satis in eo fuisse orationis atque ingenii, id. Brut. 45, 165: non enim verendum est ne te in tam bonā causā deficiat oratio, Lact. 2, 3.
    2. B. Prose (opp. to poetry): et in poëmatis et in oratione, Cic. Or. 21, 70.
    3. C. (In gram.) A sentence, a clause expressing a complete sense: oratio est ordinatio dictionum congrua sententiam perfectam demonstrans, Prisc. 2, 4, 15: oratio dicitur liber rhetoricus, necnon unaquaeque dictio hoc saepe nomine nuncupatur cum plenam ostendit sententiam, id. ib.: defectio litterae, et syllabae, et dictionis, et orationis, id. 17, 1, 5.
    4. D. (Under the empire.) An imperial message, rescript: orationes ad senatum missae, Suet. Ner. 15: oratio principis per quaestorem ejus audita est, Tac. A. 16, 27: orationesque in senatu recitaret etiam quaestoris vice, Suet. Tit. 6; cf. id. Aug. 65.
    5. E. A prayer, an address to the Deity (eccl. Lat.): respice ad orationem servi tui, Vulg. 3 Reg. 8, 28: per orationes Dominum rogantes, id. 2 Macc. 10, 16: pernoctans in oratione Dei, id. Luc. 6, 12.
      Also absol., prayer, the habit or practice of prayer: perseverantes in oratione, Vulg. Act. 1, 14: orationi instate, id. Col. 4, 2; cf. Gell. 13, 22, 1.

ōrātĭuncŭla, ae, f. dim. [oratio], a little speech, a brief oration (class.), Cic. Brut. 19, 77; id. Att. 13, 19, 2; 15, 3, 2; Quint. 4, 3, 17: aureola, Cic. N. D. 3, 17, 43.

Ŏrātĭus, arch. for Horatius, v. Vahl. ad Enn. Ann. v. 164, p. 27.

ōrātor, ōris, m. [oro, one who speaks].

  1. I. A speaker, orator (very common in all periods and styles of writing): eum (oratorem) puto esse, qui et verbis ad audiendum jucundis et sententiis ad probandum accommodatis uti possit in causis forensibus atque communibus. Hunc ego appello oratorem, eumque esse praeterea instructum voce et actione et lepore quodam volo, Cic. de Or. 1, 49, 213: is orator erit, meā sententiā, hoc tam gravi dignus nomine, qui, quaecunque res inciderit, quae sit dictione explicanda, prudenter et composite et ornate et memoriter dicet cum quādam actionis etiam dignitate, id. ib. 1, 15, 64; id. Or. 19, 61: spernitur orator bonus, horridus miles amatur, Enn. ap. Gell. 20, 10 (Ann. v. 273 Vahl.): additur orator Cornelius suaviloquenti Ore, id. ap. Cic. Brut. 15, 58 (Ann. v. 304 ib.): oratorem celeriter complexi sumus, i. e. eloquence, id. Tusc. 1, 3, 5.
    1. B. Esp.
      1. 1. The orator, i. e. Cicero, Lact. 1, 9, 3.
      2. 2. Title of a treatise by Cicero: Orator, Cic. Fam. 15, 20.
  2. II. A speaker, spokesman of an errand or embassy: aequom’st eram oratores mittere ad me, donaque, Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 18; cf. id. Most. 5, 2, 21; id. Poen. 1, 2, 145.
    Esp., an ambassador charged with an oral message: orator sine pace redit regique refert rem, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 41 Müll. (Ann. v. 211 Vahl.): Aetolos pacem velle de eā re oratores Romam profectos, Cato ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 182 Müll.: oratores populi, summi viri; Ambraciā veniunt huc legati puplice, Plaut. Stich. 3, 2, 35: Veientes pacem petitum oratores Romam mittunt, Liv 1, 15: foederum, pacis, belli, induciarum oratores fetiales judicesve sunto, Cic. Leg. 2, 9, 21: mittor et Iliacas audax orator ad arces, Ov. M. 13, 196: centum oratores augusta ad moenia regis Ire jubet, Verg. A. 7, 153; Cic. Brut. 14, 55.
  3. III. One who prays or supplicates for any thing, an entreater, beseecher, suppliant (Plautin.), Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 145; so in the twofold signif. of ambassador and beseecher, id. Stich. 3, 2, 39.

ōrātōrĭē, adv., v. oratorius fin.

ōrātōrĭus, a, um, adj. [orator].

  1. I. Of or belonging to an orator, oratorical (class.), Cic. de Or. 1, 54, 231: ornamenta, id. Brut. 75, 261: vis dicendi, id. Ac. 1, 8, 32: ars, Quint. praef. § 17: gestus, id. 11, 3, 125: compositio, id. 1, 8, 13: virtus, id. 3, 1, 10; 6, 3, 39: ingenium, Cic. Brut. 29, 110.
    1. B. Subst.: ōrātōrĭa, ae, f. (sc. ars), the oratorical art, oratory, Quint. 2, 14, 1; 2.
  2. II. Of or belonging to praying; hence, subst.: ōrātōrĭum, ii. n. (sc. templum), a place of prayer, an oratory (eccl. Lat.): in oratorio nemo aliquid agat, nisi, etc., Aug. Ep. 109: Judith ingressa est oratorium, Vulg. Judith, 9, 1.
    Hence, adv.: ōrā-tōrĭē, oratorically (class.): pulchre, et oratorie dicere, Cic. Or. 68, 227: loqui, Auct. Her. 4, 56, 69: Quint. 9, 1, 13; opp. to tragice, comice, Sen. Ep. 100, 10.

ōrātrix, īcis, f. [orator].

  1. I. She that prays or beseeches, a female suppliant (rare but class.): me oratricem haud sprevisti, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 80: pacis et foederis, * Cic. Rep. 2, 8, 14.
  2. II. A transl. of ῤητορική, rhetoric, oratory, Quint. 2, 14, 1.

ōrātum, i, n. [oro], a prayer, entreaty, supplication: cum orata ejus reminiscor, Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 25; 4, 1, 60.

ōrātus, ūs (only in abl. sing. and plur.), m. [oro], a praying, entreating; a request, entreaty (very rare but class.): oratu tuo, Cic. Fl. 37, 92: illarum oratu, Plaut. Cas. 2, 2, 17; Sid. Ep. 9, 14 init.: magnis oratibus, Coripp. Laud. Just. 2, 4.

orbātĭo, ōnis, f. [orbo], a depriving, privation (post-Aug.), Sen. Ep. 87, 35.

orbātor, ōris, m. [orbo], one who deprives others of children or parents, a bereaver (poet.): nostri orbator, Achilles, Ov. M. 13, 500.

‡ orbĕfăcĭo, ĕre, v. a. [orbus-facio], to bereave, to make an orphan: orbefacio, ὀρφανίζω, Gloss. Philox.

Orbēlus (-lŏs), i, m., = Ὀρβηλός, a mountain on the borders of Macedonia and Thrace: Orbelus, Mel. 2, 2, 2; Plin. 4, 10, 17, § 35.

orbĭcŭlāris, e, adj. [orbiculus], circular, orbicular, an appellation of a plant: herba, App. Herb. 17; cf. Marc. Emp. 4.

orbĭcŭlātim, adv. [orbiculus], circularly, in circles or rings (post-Aug.), Plin. 11, 37, 67, § 177; Macr. S. 7, 9, 3.

orbĭcŭlātus, a, um, adj. [orbiculus], circleshaped, rounded, circular, orbiculate (class.): mala, round apples, an excellent kind of apple, Varr. R. R. 1, 59; Col. 5, 10, 19; 12, 45, 5; Pall. Febr. 25, 18; Macr. S. 3, 19, 2.
Hence, transf.: malis orbiculatis pasti, i. e. well-fed, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 15, 1: capita caulium, Plin. 27, 13, 109, § 133: ambitus foliorum, id. 24, 15, 87, § 137.

‡ orbĭcŭlor, āri, v. dep. [orbiculus], to go round in a circle: orbiculatur, κυκλεύει, Gloss. Philox.

orbĭcŭlus, i, m. dim. [orbis], a small disk; a sheave, roller, pulley, etc. (anteclass. and post-Aug.), Cato, R. R. 3, 6; 22, 2; Col. 4, 30, 4; Vitr. 10, 5: radix concisa in orbiculos, cut in little disks or slices, Plin. 25, 13, 94, § 148; Inscr. Orell. 2519.
Esp., the nave of a wheel, Vitr. 10, 2, 9.

orbĭcus, a, um, v. orbitus.

* orbĭfĭco, āre, v. a. [orbus-facio], to bereave, make childless: orbificor liberorum leto, Att. ap. Non. 179, 26 (Trag. Rel. p. 161 Rib.).

(orbīle, a false read. for orbis … ligneus, Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 15.)

Orbĭlĭus, i, m., the name of a Roman gens. So, Orbilius, a grammarian in Rome in the time of Cicero, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 71; Suet. Gram. 9.

orbis, is (nom. orbs, Ven. Carm. 8, 5.
Abl. regul. orbe; but orbi, Lucr. 5, 74: ex orbi, Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 16; Rutil. ap. Charis. p. 112 P.: orbi terrae, in the meaning in the world, Cic. Sest. 30, 66; so, orbi terrarum, id. Verr. 2, 4, 38, § 82 Halm; id. Dom. 10, 24; id. Fragm. ap. Charis. p. 112 P.), m. [etym. dub.; perh. akin to Sanscr. dhvar, bend, twist], any thing of a circular shape, a ring, round surface, disk, hoop, orbit, orb, a circle (class.; cf.: circus, circulus, gyrus, spira).

  1. I. Lit.: in orbem torquere, Cic. Univ. 7: curvare aliquid in orbem, Ov. M. 2, 715: certumque equitavit in orbem, id. ib. 12, 468.
    Of a ring: et digitum justo commodus orbe teras, fit exactly, Ov. Am. 2, 15, 6: unionum, roundness, Plin. 9, 35, 56, § 113.
    Of a circle formed by men: ut in orbem consisterent, place themselves in a circle, form a circle, Caes. B. G. 5, 33: cum illi, orbe facto, se defenderent, id. ib. 4, 37: orbem volventes suos increpans, Liv. 4, 28: in orbem pugnare, id. 28, 22, 15: in orbem sese stantibus equis defendere, id. 28, 33, 15: stella (φαέθων) eundem duodecim signorum orbem annis duodecim conficit, the zodiac, Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 52: lacteus, the Milky Way, id. Rep. 6, 16, 16.
    Of the orbit of a heavenly body: sidera circulos suos orbesque conficiunt, Cic. Rep. 6, 15, 15.
    Of a serpent, the windings, coils: immensis orbibus angues Incumbunt pelago, Verg. A. 2, 204.
    Of a circular surface or disk: orbis mensae, a round table-top, Ov. H. 17, 87; cf. Juv. 11, 122.
    Also, simply orbes, a round table, Mart. 2, 43; Juv. 1, 137.
    Of a quoit or discus: ictus ab orbe, Ov. Ib. 590.
    Of the scale of a balance: instabilis natat alterno depressior orbe, Tib. 4, 1, 44.
    Of a mirror: addidit et nitidum sacratis crinibus orbem, Mart. 9, 18, 5.
    Of a shield: illa (hasta) per orbem Aere cavum triplici … Transiit, Verg. A. 10, 783; Petr. 89.
    Of a mosaic pavement of rounded pieces of marble, Juv. 11, 175.
    Of a scale, one side of a balance, Tib. 4, 1, 44.
    Of the millstones of an oil-mill, Cato, R. R. 22.
    Of the wooden disk placed over olives in pressing them, Cato, R. R. 18.
    Of the hoop or tire of a wheel: rotarum orbes circumacti, Plin. 8, 16, 19, § 52.
    Of the wheel itself: undaque jam tergo ferratos sustinet orbes, Verg. G. 3, 361.
    Hence, the wheel of fortune, Tib. 1, 5, 70; Ov. Tr. 5, 8, 7; id. P. 2, 3, 56.
    Of the socket of the eye: inanem luminis orbem, Ov. M. 14, 200.
    Of the eye itself: gemino lumen ab orbe venit, Ov. Am. 1, 8, 16: ardentes oculorum orbes ad moenia torsit, Verg. A. 12, 670.
    Of the sun’s disk or orb: lucidus orbis, Verg. G. 1, 459.
    Of the moon’s disk or orb: quater junctis implevit cornibus orbem Luna, quater plenum tenuata retexuit orbem, Ov. M. 7, 530.
    Of the circle of the world, the world, the universe: Juppiter arce suā totum cum spectet in orbem, Ov. F. 1, 85: renatus, the new-born day, Sil. 5, 56: terrarum or terrae, the circle or orb of the earth, the world (since the ancients regarded the earth as a circular plane or disk): permittitur infinita potestas orbis terrarum, Cic. Agr. 2, 13, 33: ager Campanus orbis terrae pulcherrimus, id. ib. 2, 28, 76; id. Sest. 30, 66: cunctus ob Italiam terrarum clauditur orbis? Verg. A. 1, 233; cf. id. ib. 7, 224.
    Also, simply orbis (so mostly poet.): hic, ubi nunc Roma est orbis caput, arbor et herbae, Ov. F. 5, 93: unus, Juv. 10, 168; 4, 148: universus, Vulg. Luc. 2, 1; id. Apoc. 12, 9.
    Hence, a country, region, territory: Eoo dives ab orbe redit, the East, Ov. F. 3, 466: Assyrius, Juv. 2, 108: noster, Plin. 12, 12, 26, § 45.
    A kind of fish, Plin. 32, 2, 5, § 14 Sillig; cf. Isid. Orig. 12, 6, 6.
  2. II. Trop., a circle.
    1. A. Of things that return at a certain period of time, a rotation, round, circuit: ut idem in singulos annos orbis volveretur, Liv. 3, 10: insigne regium in orbem per omnes iret, in rotation, id. 3, 36: orbis hic in re publicā est conversus, the circle of political changes, Cic. Att. 2, 9, 1.
    2. B. Orbis doctrinae, an encyclopœdia: orbis ille doctrinae quam Graeci ἐγκύκλιον παιδείαν vocant, Quint. 1, 10, 1.
    3. C. Of speech, a rounding off, roundness, rotundity: circuitum, et quasi orbem verborum conficere, Cic. de Or. 3, 51, 198: orationis, id. Or. 71, 234: historia non tam finitos numeros quam orbem quendam contextumque desiderat, Quint. 9, 4, 129.
    4. D. A circle or cycle of thought: sententiae Pyrrhonis in hunc orbem quem circumscripsimus, incidere non possunt, Cic. Fin. 5, 8, 23; cf.: circa vilem patulumque orbem, Hor. A. P. 132.
    5. E. Esp.: in orbem ire, to go the rounds, go around: quinque dierum spatio finiebatur imperium ac per omnes in orbem ibant, in turn, Liv. 1, 17, 6; 3, 36, 3.

orbĭta, ae, f. [orbis].

  1. I. A track or rut made in the ground by a wheel.
    1. A. Lit. (class.): impressa orbita, Cic. Att. 2, 21, 2; id. Verr. 2, 3, 3, § 6; Verg. G. 3, 293; Liv. 32, 17.
    2. B. Trop., a track, course, path (ante-class. and poet.): neque id ab orbitā matrum familias instituti, quod, etc., Varr. ap. Non. 542, 28; Plin. 8, 58, 83, § 227; a beaten path, Quint. 2, 13, 16: veteris culpae, i. e. bad example, Juv. 14, 37.
  2. II. An impression, mark left by a ligature: vinculi, Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 210.
  3. III. A circuit, orbit: orbita lunae, Auct. Aetn. 230: lunaris illa orbita, Sen. Q. N. 7, 10, 2.

Orbĭtānĭum, i, n., a city in Samnium, Liv. 24, 20.

orbĭtas, ātis, f. [orbus], bereavement of parents or children, of a husband or other dear person, childlessness, orphanage, widowhood (class.).

  1. I. Lit.: in orbitatem liberos producere, Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 105: bonum liberi, misera orbitas, Cic. Fin. 5, 28, 84: familiaris, Liv. 26, 41, 9: mea, quod sine liberis sum, Curt. 6, 9, 12: tutorem instituere (filiorum) orbitati, Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 228: horum uxores cum viderent exsilio additam orbitatem, Just. 2, 4, 4: maximā orbitate rei publicae virorum talium, at a time when the state is greatly in want of such men, Cic. Fam. 10, 3, 3.
    In plur.: orbitates liberūm, Cic. Tusc. 5, 6, 16; 5, 9, 24; 3, 24, 58; Lact. 1, 21, 11; Sol. 40, 44; Arn. 5, 188.
  2. II. Transf., in gen., a deprivation or loss of a thing (post-Aug.): luminis (of an eye), Plin. 7, 37, 37, § 124: tecti, id. 35, 3, 6, § 17.
    Absol., blindness, App. M. 8, 12 fin.

orbĭtōsus, a, um, adj. [orbita], full of cart-ruts (poet.), Verg. Cat. 8, 17.

orbĭtūdo, ĭnis, f. [orbus], bereavement, orphanhood (ante-class. for orbitas): miseret orbitudinis, Att. ap. Non. 146, 17; Pac. and Turp. ib. 18 sq.

orbītus, a, um [orbis], circular (anteand post-class.): motu, Varr. ap. Non. 148, 16; Arn. 2, 83 (others read orbico; cf. Oehler ad Varr. Sat. Menipp. p. 139).

Orbĭus clīvus, a place in Rome, Paul. ex Fest. p. 182 Müll.; the same called Urbius clivus, Liv. 1, 48, 6; cf. Becker’s Antiq. 1, p. 526.

orbo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [orbus], to deprive or bereave of parents, children, or other dear persons; to make fatherless, motherless, childless, etc. (class.; syn.: privo, viduo).

  1. I. Lit.: filio orbatus, Cic. Off. 1, 10, 30: mater orbata filio, id. Clu. 15, 45: orbatura patres fulmina, Ov. M. 2, 391.
    Of animals: catulo lactente orbata leaena, Ov. M. 13, 547.
  2. II. Transf., in gen., to deprive, bereave, strip of any (esp. a precious) thing: pater me lumine orbavit, Enn. ap. Charis. p. 250 P. (Trag. v. 351 Vahl.): Italiam juventute, Cic. Pis. 24, 57: patria multis claris viris orbata, id. Fam. 4, 9, 3: sensibus, id. Ac. 2, 23, 74: tantā gloriā orbatus, id. Tusc. 1, 6, 12: ferum voce eruditā spoliatum atque orbatum, id. Brut. 2, 6.
    Poet.: orbatae caligant vela carinae, Stat. S. 5, 3, 138.

Orbōna, ae, f. [orbus], the tutelary goddess of parents bereft of their children, Cic. N. D. 3, 25, 63; cf. Plin. 2, 7, 5, § 16; Arn. 4, 131; Tert. ad Nat. 2, 14.

orbus, a, um, adj. [kindr. with Gr. ὀρφανός; cf. Fest. p. 183 Müll.], bereaved, bereft, of parents or children; parentless, fatherless, childless (class.; cf. pupillus).

  1. I. Lit.: senex, Cic. Par. 5, 2, 39; cf.: parens liberorum an orbus sit, Quint. 5, 10, 26; 7, 4, 23: filii mei, te incolumi, orbi non erunt, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 10.
    With gen.: Memnonis orba mei venio, Ov. M. 13, 595.
    With ab: a totidem natis orba, Ov. H. 6, 156.
    Of beasts: liberis orbae oves, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 38.
    Subst.: orba, ae, f., an orphan: ut orbae, qui sunt genere proximi, iis nubant, Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 75; Quint. 7, 4, 24.
    Also, = vidua, a widow: censa civium capita centum quatuor milia . . . praeter orbos orbasque, orphans and widows, Liv. 3, 3, 9 (for which: praeter pupillos et viduas, id. Epit. 59; cf. Becker’s Antiq. 2, 2, p. 205).
  2. II. Transf., deprived, bereft, destitute, devoid of any thing, esp. of something precious: arce et urbe orba sum, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44 (Trag. v. 114 Vahl.): plebs orba tribunis, Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 9: ab optimatibus contio, id. Fl. 23, 54: rebus omnibus, id. Fam. 4, 13, 3: forum litibus, Hor. C. 4, 2, 43: regio animantibus orba, without inhabitants, Ov. M. 1, 72: verba viribus, id. H. 21, 142: fide pectora, id. Am. 2, 2, 42: orbus omnibus sensibus, Vell. 1, 5, 4: cubile, empty, widowed couch, Cat. 66, 21: palmites, bereft of buds, Col. 4, 27.
          1. (β) With gen.: orbus auxilique opumque, Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 19: pedum, Lucr. 5, 840: luminis, Ov. M. 3, 518.

1. orca, ae, f. [cf. ἄρχα],

  1. I. a kind of whale, an orc, Plin. 9, 6, 5, § 12.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. A large-bellied vessel, a butt, tun (cf.: seria, dolium): orca genus marinae beluae maximum dicitur: ad cujus similitudinem vasa quoque ficaria orcae dicunter: sunt enim teretes, atque uniformi specie, Fest. p. 180 Müll.: orcae in Hispaniā fervore musti ruptae, Varr. R. R. 1, 13, 6; Col. 12, 15, 2: Byzantia orca (which had contained pickled tunny-fish), Hor. S. 2, 4, 66; cf. Pers. 3, 76.
    2. B. A tunnel used for throwing dice, a dice-box: angusta, Pers. 3, 50: interim dum contemplor orcam, taxillos perdidi, Pompon. ap. Prisc. p. 615 P. (Com. Rel. p. 214 Rib.).

2. Orca, ae, m., a Roman surname, e. g. Valerius Orca, Cic. Fam. 13, 4 sq.

Orcădes, um, f., islands near Scotland, now the Orkneys, Mel. 3, 6, 7; Tac. Agr. 10; Plin. 4, 16, 30, § 103.
Acc. plur.: Orcadas, Juv. 2, 161.

orcē, v. oce

Orchămus, i, m., = Ὄρχαμος, a king of Babylonia, the father of Leucothŏē, Ov. M. 4, 212.

orchăs, ădis, f., a kind of edible olive of an oblong shape, Verg. G. 2, 86; cf. Macr. S. 3, 20.

† orchēsta, ae, m., = ὀρχηστής, a dancer, a pantomime (late Lat.): orchestarum loquacissimae manus, Cassiod. Var. 4, 51.

‡ orchēstŏpŏlārĭus, ii, m., = ὀρχηστόπολος, a juggler, tumbler, dancer (postclass.), Firm. Math. 8, 15.

† orchēstra, ae, f., = ὀρχήστρα.

  1. I. The place where the Senate sat in the theatre, the orchestra: in orchestrā senatorum sunt sedibus loca destinata, Vitr. 5, 6; Juv. 7, 47; Suet. Caes. 39; id. Aug. 35; 44; id. Claud. 21 et saep.
    1. B. Transf., the Senate (poet.): similesque videbis Orchestram et populum, Juv. 3, 178.
  2. II. Another place on the stage, acc. to Fest. p. 181 b; cf. Müll. ad h. l.

† orchĭon, ii, n., = ὄρχις, testiculus, a plant, called also testiculata, App. Herb. 82.

† orchis, is, f., = ὄρχις

  1. I. A plant, a kind of olive, Col. 5, 8, 4; id. Arb. 17, 3; Pall. Febr. 18, 4.
  2. II. Another plant, so called from the shape of its roots, the orchis: mirabilis est orchis herba, sive serapias, gemina radice testiculis simili, Plin. 26, 10, 62, § 95.

† orchīta or -es, ae, m., and orchī-tis, is, f., = ὀρχῖτις, a kind of olive of an oblong shape: albam pauseam, vel orchitam, vel radiolum, Col. 12, 49, 2; 12, 50, 1; Cato, R. R. 6, 1; 7, 4; cf. Varr. R. R. 1, 60; Paul. ex Fest. p. 180 Müll.

Orchĭus, a, m. and f., the name of a Roman gens.
So, C. Orchius, a tribune of the people, 572 A.U.C., by whom the Lex Orchia was proposed, Macr. S. 3, 17, 2; Schol. Bob. ad Cic. Sest. p. 310, 32 Bait.

Orchŏmĕnus or -os, i, m. or f. (and -on or -um, i, n.), = Ὀρχόμενος.

  1. I. The son of Athamas and Themisto, Hyg. Fab. 1.
  2. II. A city in Bœotia, Caes. B. C. 3, 55; Plin. 8, 58, 83, § 226.
  3. III. A city in Thessaly: Minyius, Plin. 4, 8, 15, § 29.
    Hence,
    1. B. Orchŏmĕnĭus, a, um, adj., = Ὀρχομένιος, Orchomenian: lacus, Plin. 16, 36, 66, § 168: calamus, id. 16, 36, 66, § 164.
      Plur subst.: Orchŏmĕnii, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Orchomenos, the Orchomenians, Nep. Lyt. 3, 4; Just. 11, 3.
  4. IV. A city in Arcadia, Liv. 32, 5: sub Orchomenon, Ov, M. 5, 607: Orchomenum, Plin. 4, 6, 10, § 20.

Orchus, i, m., = Orcus: Orchi traditus thesauro, Naev. ap. Gell. 1, 24, 2.

Orcīnĭānus, a, um, adj. [Orcus], of or belonging to Orcus or to the dead (poet.): sponda, i. e. a bier, Mart. 10, 5, 9.

Orcīnus, a, um, adj. [Orcus], of or belonging to the realms of the dead: liberti, set free by the last will of their masters, Dig. 26, 4, 3, § 3; ib. 33, 8, 22; ib. 40, 5, 30, § 12 al.: senatores, who had got into the Senate by means of Cœsar’s testament, Suet. Aug. 35.

Orcivius, a, name of a Roman gens; esp. C. Orcivius, Cicero’s colleague as prœtor, Cic. Clu. 34, 94; 53, 147; cf. id. Or. 48, 160.

orcŭla, ae, f. dim. [1. orca], a small tun, a cask (ante- and post-class.): oleas in orculam calcato manibus siccis, Cato, R. R. 117; Auct. de Limit. p. 253 Goes.

orcŭlāris, e, adj. [orcula], of or belonging to a cask or rundlet (post-class.): termini, Auct. de Limit. p. 251 Goes.

Orcus, i, m. [kindr. with ἕρκος and the Lat. urgeo: Orcum quem dicimus, ait Verrius ab antiquis dictum uragum, Fest. p. 202 Müll.
Hence, prop., that which impels, constrains, confines].

  1. I. the Lower World, the abode of the dead, Orcus: Acherunsia templa alta Orci, salvete infera, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 6 Müll. (Trag. v. 107 Vahl.); Lucr. 1, 115; 6, 762: Minos sedet arbiter Orci, Prop. 4, 18, 27; Verg. A. 6, 273.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. The god of the infernal regions, Orcus, Pluto: Orcus recipere ad se hanc noluit, Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 6: bene vale, apud Orcum te videbo, id. As. 3, 3, 16: ut Verres alter Orcus, venisse Ennam, etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 50, § 111: pallidus, Verg. G. 1, 277.
    2. B. Death (mostly poet.): horriferis accibant vocibus Orcum, Lucr. 5, 996; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 178: Orcum morari, to hesitate to die, id. C. 3, 27, 50: rapacis Orci fine destinatā, id. ib. 2, 18, 30: cum Orco rationem habere, to risk one’s life, Varr. R. R. 1, 4: janua haec Orci, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 1, 1.

† orcȳnus, i, m., = ὄρκυνος, a large seafish of the tunny species, Plin. 32, 11, 53, § 149.

ordĕum, and its derivv., v. hord-.

ordĭa prīma, for primordia, Lucr. 4, 28.

ordĭnālis, e, adj. [ordo], that denotes an order of succession, ordinal: nomen, an ordinal numeral (primus, secundus, etc.), Prisc. p. 581 P. al.

ordĭnārĭē, adv., v. ordinarius fin.

ordĭnārĭus, a, um, adj. [ordo], of or belonging to order, orderly; according to the usual order, usual, customary, regular, ordinary (not in Cic. or Cæs.).

  1. I. Of persons.
    1. A. In gen.: ordinarii consules, regular, elected in the usual manner at the beginning of the year (opp. suffecti), Liv. 41, 18: pugiles (with legitimi), Suet. Aug. 45; cf. consulatus, id. Galb. 6: gladiatores, Sen. Ep. 7, 3: ordinarium hominem Oppius ait dici solitum scurram et improbum … At Aelius Stilo, qui minime ordine viveret … Sunt quidam etiam, qui manipularem, quia infimi sit ordinis, appellatum credant ordinarium, Fest. p. 182 Müll.
    2. B. In partic., subst.: ordĭnārĭus, i, m.
      1. 1. An overseer who keeps order, Dig. 14, 4, 5.
      2. 2. In milit. lang., a centurion of the first cohort, Inscr. Grut. 542, 8; Veg. Mil. 2, 15; cf. Mommsen, Tribus, p. 123; Anmerk. 112.
  2. II. Of inanim. and abstr. things: oleum, oil obtained in the usual manner from sound, ripe olives (opp. to oleum cibarium, made of bad olives picked up from the ground), Col. 12, 50, 22: vites, standing in regular order, id. 3, 16, 1: silices, stones so laid that those of each row cover the joints of the row beneath it, Vitr. 2, 8: consulatus, regular, Suet. Galb. 6: consilia, usual, ordinary, Liv. 27, 43: oratio, regular, connected (opp. to breviarium or summarium), Sen. Ep. 39, 1: philosophia non est res succisiva: ordinaria est, domina est, it must be constantly practised, must govern all the relations of life, id. ib. 53, 9: fuit ordinarium, loqui, etc., it was usual, customary, Dig. 38, 6, 1: jus (opp. to extraordinarium), ib. 14, 4, 5.
    Hence, adv.: ordĭnārĭē, in order, orderly, methodically (eccl. Lat. for ordine, ordinatim), Tert. Res. Carn. 2.

ordĭnātē, adv., v. ordino, P. a. fin.

ordĭnātim, adv. [ordinatus], in order or succession; in good order.

  1. I. Lit.: honores ordinatim petere in re publicā, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 3: ille iit passim, ego ordinatim, in good order, with unbroken ranks, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 13, 2.
  2. II. Transf., regularly, properly: musculus ordinatim structus, Caes. B. C. 2, 10, 5.

ordĭnātĭo, ōnis, f. [ordino], a setting in order, regulating, arranging; an order, arrangement, regulation (mostly postAug.).

  1. I. Lit.: architectura constat ex ordinatione, quae Graece τάξις dicitur, et ex dispositione. Ordinatio est modica membrorum operis commoditas separatim, universaeque proportionis ad symmetriam comparatio, Vitr. 1, 2.
    Of vines, Col. 4, 29, 12.
  2. II. Trop.
    1. A. In gen., an ordering, regulating, orderly arrangement: comitiorum, Vell. 2, 124, 3: anni, Suet. Aug. 31: vitae, Plin. Ep. 9, 28, 4: mundus est ornata ordinatio dei munere, App. de Mundo, 1, p. 251.
    2. B. In partic.
      1. 1. An orderly regulation of state affairs, rule, government: quid ordinatione civilius? … quam turpe, si ordinatio eversione, libertas servitute mutetur? Plin. Ep. 8, 24, 8.
      2. 2. An appointing to office, installation of magistrates, governors: cur sibi visum esset ordinatione proximā Aegypto praeficere Metium Rufum, Suet. Dom. 4.
      3. 3. A regulation, ordinance, decree, edict of an emperor: cum rerum omnium ordinatio … observanda sit, tum, etc., Plin. Ep. 10, 58 (66), 10.
      4. 4. (Eccl. Lat.) Ordination: episcopalis, Sid. Ep. 7, 6 fin.: cleri, August. Bon. Conj. 24; Cassiod. Hist. Eccl. 9, 36.
      5. 5. Transf.: dispositis ordinationibus, in ranks, rows, App. M. 10, p. 253.

ordĭnātīvus, a, um, adj. [ordino], indicating or signifying order (post-class.): principatus, Tert. adv. Herm. 19: adverbia, Prisc. p. 1022 P.

ordĭnātor, ōris, m. [ordino],

  1. I. an orderer, regulator, arranger (post-Aug.): litis, i. e. pleader, Sen. Ep. 109: omnium, Hilar. Trin. 4, 12, 14.
  2. II. An ordainer, one authorized to ordain, Ambros. in 2 Tim. 4, 13.

ordĭnātrix, īcis, f. [ordinator], she that orders or arranges (eccl. Lat.): mens ordinatrix rerum omnium, Aug. Ep. 56.

ordĭnātus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from ordino.

ordĭno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [ordo], to order, set in order, arrange, adjust, dispose, regulate.

  1. I. In gen. (class.; syn.: dispenso, dispono): copias, Nep. Iph. 2, 2; so, milites, Liv. 29, 1: agmina, Hor. Epod. 17, 9; and: aciem, Just. 11, 9, 8: arbusta latius sulcis, Hor. C. 3, 1, 9: vineam paribus intervallis, Col. 3, 13: res suas suo arbitrio, Sen. Ep. 9, 14: partes orationis, Cic. Inv. 1, 14, 9: litem, id. de Or. 2, 10, 43: causam, Dig. 40, 12, 24: judicium, ib. 40, 12, 25: testamentum, ib. 5, 2, 2: bibliothecas, Suet. Gram. 21.
    1. B. Transf.: cupiditates improbas, to arrange, draw up in order of battle, Sen. Ep. 10, 2: publicas res (= συντάττειν, componere), to draw up in order, to narrate the history of public events, Hor. C. 2, 1, 10 (antiquitatem) totam in eo volumine exposuerit, quo magistratus ordinavit, i. e. recorded events according to the years of the magistrates, Nep. Att. 18, 1: cum omnia ordinarentur, Cic. Sull. 19, 53.
  2. II. In partic. (post-Aug.).
    1. A. To rule, govern a country: statum liberarum civitatum, Plin. Ep. 8, 24, 7: Macedoniam, Flor. 2, 16: provinciam, Suet. Galb. 7: Orientem, id. Aug. 13.
    2. B. To ordain, appoint to office: magistratus, Suet. Caes. 76: tribunatus, praefecturas, et ducatus, to dispose of, give away, Just. 30, 2, 5; so, filium in successionem regni, Just. 17, 1, 4.
      Hence,
    3. C. (Eccl. Lat.) To ordain as a priest or pastor, to admit to a clerical office, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 45; Cassiod. Hist. Eccl. 9, 36; cf.: in ministerium sanctorum ordinaverunt se ipsos, Vulg. 1 Cor. 16, 15.
      Hence, ordĭ-nātus, a, um, P. a., well ordered, orderly, ordained, appointed (class.): compositus ordinatusque vir, Sen. Vit. Beat. 8, 3: igneae formae cursus ordinatos definiunt, perform their appointed courses, Cic. N. D. 2, 40, 101.
      Comp.: vita ordinatior, Sen. Ep. 74, 25: pars mundi ordinatior, Sen. Ira, 3, 6.
      Sup.: meatus ordinatissimi, App. de Deo Socrat. p. 42.
      Hence, adv.: ordĭnā-tē, in an orderly manner, in order, methodically (not in Cic. or Cæs.; cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 811; v. ordinatim): tamquam (astra) non possent tam disposite, tam ordinate moveri, Lact. 2, 5, 15: ordinate disponere, Auct. Her. 4, 56, 69 dub.
      Comp.: ordinatius retractare, Tert. adv. Marc. 1, 19 init.
      Sup.:       ordinatissime subjunxit, Aug. Retract. 1, 24.

ordĭor, orsus, 4 (fut. ordibor for ordiar: non parvam rem ordibor, Att. ap. Non. 39, 22; part. perf. orditus, Sid. Ep. 2, 9; Vulg. Isa. 25, 7), v. dep., lit., to begin a web, to lay the warp; hence, also, in gen., to begin, undertake a thing: ordiri est rei principium facere, unde et togae vocantur exordiae, Fest. p. 185 Müll.; cf. Isid. 19, 29, 7: telam, Hier. in Isa. 9, 30, v. 1; Vulg. Isa. 25, 7.

  1. I. Lit., to begin to weave a web, to weave, spin: araneus orditur telas, Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 80.
    So of the Fates: Lachesis plenā orditur manu, Sen. Apoc. 4: (Parca) hominis vitam orditur, Lact. 2, 10, 20.
  2. II. In gen., to begin, commence, set about, undertake (class.; syn.: incipio, incoho, infit); constr. with acc., de, inf., or absol.
          1. (α) With acc.: reliquas res, Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 2: alterius vitae quoddam initium ordimur, id. Att. 4, 1: reliquos, to relate, describe, Nep. Alc. 11, 6: querelae ab initio tantae ordiendae rei absint. Liv. praef. § 12: majorem orsa furorem, Verg. A. 7, 386.
          2. (β) With de: paulo altius de re ordiri, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 47, § 105.
          3. (γ) With inf.: ea, de quā disputare ordimur, Cic. Brut. 6, 22: cum adulescens orsus esset in foro dicere, id. ib. 88, 301: cum sic orsa loqui vates, Verg. A. 6, 125: et orsa est Dicere Leuconoë, Ov. M. 4, 167: tunc sic orsa loqui, id. ib. 4, 320.
          4. (δ) Absol., to begin, commence, set out, take or have a beginning: unde est orsa, in eodem terminetur oratio, Cic. Marcell. 11, 33: Veneris contra sic filius orsus, thus began (to speak), Verg. A. 1, 325: sic Juppiter orsus, id. ib. 12, 806; so commonly with specification of the point from which: unde ordiri rectius possumus quam a naturā? Cic. Tusc. 5, 13, 37 init.: a principio, id. Phil. 2, 18, 44: a facillimis, id. Fin. 1, 5, 13: a capite, Plin. 25, 11, 83, § 132.
            (ε) Of things or subjects, to begin, to be begun (where the verb may be taken in pass. sense): tormina ab atrā bile orsa mortifera sunt, Cels. 2, 8: cum ex depressiore loco fuerint orsa fundamenta, Col. 1, 5, 9: sed ab initio est ordiendus (Themistocles), i. e. I must begin (his life) at the beginning, Nep. Them. 1, 2; cf.: ab eo nobis causa ordienda est, Cic. Leg. 1, 7, 21.

ordītus, a, um, Part., from ordior.

ordo, ĭnis, m. [from root or-; Sanscr. ar-, to go, strive upward; cf. orior, through an adj. stem ordo-; v. Corss. Krit. Beitr. p. 108], a regular row, line, or series, methodical arrangement, order (class.; syn.: series, tenor).

  1. I. In gen.: ordinem sic definiunt compositionem rerum aptis et accommodatis locis, Cic. Off. 1, 40, 142: vis ordinis et collocationis, id. ib. 1, 40, 142: arbores in ordinem satae, i. e. planted in a quincunx, Varr. R. R. 1, 7; cf. Cic. Caecil. 8, 22; id. Sen. 17, 59.
    1. B. Esp., right order, regular succession: fatum appello ordinem seriemque causarum, Cic. Div. 1, 55, 125: nihil esse pulchrius in omni ratione vitae dispositione atque ordine, Col. 12, 2: adhibere modum quendam et ordinem rebus, Cic. Off. 1, 5, 17: mox referam me ad ordinem, will soon bring myself to order, return to order, id. Ac. 2, 20, 67: res in ordinem redigere, to reduce to order, Auct. Her. 3, 9, 16; so, in ordinem adducere, Cic. Univ. 3: ordinem conservare, id. Rosc. Com. 2, 6: eundem tenere, to preserve, id. Phil. 5, 13, 35: sequi, id. Brut. 69, 244: immutare, to change, id. Or. 63, 214: perturbare, to disturb, id. Brut. 62, 223: cogere or redigere in ordinem, to reduce to order, to humble, degrade: decemviri querentes, se in ordinem cogi, Liv. 3, 51; 3, 35; Plin. Ep. 1, 23, 1; Quint. 1, 4, 3; so, in ordinem redactus, Suet. Vesp. 15; cf. trop.: gula reprimenda et quasi in ordinem redigenda est, Plin. Ep. 2, 6, 5.
    2. C. Adverb. expressions.
      1. 1. Ordine, in ordinem, per ordinem, in ordine, ex ordine, in order, in turn: Hegioni rem enarrato omnem ordine, Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 53; Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 17; Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 28: interrogare, Cic. Part. 1, 2: tabulae in ordinem confectae, id. Rosc. Com. 2, 6: ordine cuncta exposuit, Liv. 3, 50, 4; 30, 15, 1: sortiti nocte singuli per ordinem, Quint. 4, 2, 72: hos Corydon, illos referebat in ordine Thyrsis, Verg. E. 7, 20; id. A. 8, 629: ut quisque aetate et honore antecedebat, ita sententiam dixit ex ordine, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 64, § 143: ordine se vocante, when his turn came, Macr. S. 2, 2, § 12: in ordine vicis, Vulg. Luc. 1, 8.
      2. 2. Ordine, regularly, properly, appropriately: omnia ut quidque Egisti ordine scio, Plaut. Ps. 5, 2, 15: rem demonstravi ordine, id. Mil. 3, 3, 2; id. Capt. 2, 3, 17 Brix ad loc.: an id recte, ordine, e re publicā factum esse defendes? Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 84, § 194: si hoc recte atque ordine factum videtur, id. Quint. 7, 28.
      3. 3. Ex ordine, in succession, without intermission: vendit Italiae possessiones ex ordine omnes, Cic. Agr. 1, 2, 4: septem illum totos perhibent ex ordine menses Flevisse, Verg. G. 4, 507; cf. id. A. 5, 773.
      4. 4. Extra ordinem.
        1. a. Out of course, in an unusual or extraordinary manner: extra ordinem decernere provinciam alicui, Cic. Prov. Cons. 8, 19: crimina probantur, in an illegal manner, Dig. 48, 1, 8.
        2. b. Extraordinarily, i. e. uncommonly, eminently, especially: ad eam spem, quam extra ordinem de te ipso habemus, accedunt tua praecipua, Cic. Fam. 6, 5, 3.
  2. II. Transf. concr.
    1. A. In gen.
      1. 1. Tres ordines lapidum, three courses of stones, Vulg. 3 Reg. 6, 36.
        In building, a row, course, or layer of stones, etc.: obstructis in speciem portis singulis ordinibus caespitum, Caes. B. G. 5, 51: alius insuper ordo adicitur, id. ib. 7, 23: tot premit ordinibus caput, tiers or layers of ornaments, Juv. 6, 502.
      2. 2. A row of benches or seats: terno consurgunt ordine remi, in three rows of oar-banks, Verg. A. 5, 120: sex ordinum navem invenit Xenagoras, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 208.
        In the theatre, a row of seats: post senatores ex vetere instituto quatuordecim graduum ordines equestri ordini assignati fuere, Suet. Aug. 44: sedisti in quatuordecim ordinibus, Cic. Phil. 2, 18, 44.
      3. 3. A train of servants or attendants: comitum longissimus ordo, Juv. 3, 284.
    2. B. In milit. lang.
      1. 1. A line or rank of soldiers in battle array: auxilia regis nullo ordine iter fecerant, Caes. B. C. 2, 26: ne quisquam ordine egrederetur, Sall. J. 45, 2: nullo ordine commutato, id. ib. 101, 2: sine signis, sine ordinibus, id. ib. 97, 5; so, signa atque ordines observare, to keep the ranks, remain in line, id. ib. 51, 1: conturbare, id. ib. 50, 4: restituere, id. ib. 51, 3; Liv. 2, 50; 8, 8.
      2. 2. A band, troop, company of soldiers: viri fortissimi atque honestissimi, qui ordines duxerunt, who have led companies, have been officers, Cic. Phil. 1, 8, 20: L. Pupius primipili centurio, qui hunc eundem ordinem in exercitu Pompeii antea duxerat, Caes. B. C. 1, 13.
        Hence,
      3. 3. A captaincy, a command: ordinem alicui adimere, Tab. Heracl. ap. Mazoch. p. 423, n. 47; cf. on the contrary: alicui assignare, Liv. 42, 34: DARE, Inscr. Orell. 3456: centuriones ad superiores ordines transducere, Caes. B. G. 6, 40; cf. id. ib. 5, 4, 4.
          1. (β) Ordines, chieftains, captains: tribunis militum primisque ordinibus convocatis, the captains of the first companies, Caes. B. G. 6, 7 fin.; Liv. 30, 4, 1.
    3. C. In a polit. respect, an order, i. e. a rank, class, degree of citizens: et meus med ordo inrideat, Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 55.
      In the time of Cicero there were three principal classes, ordo senatorius, equester, and plebeius: Fidiculanius cujus erat ordinis? senatoril, Cic. Clu. 37, 104; id. Fl. 18, 43: proximus est huic dignitati equester ordo, Cic. Dom. 28, 74; Suet. Aug. 41: inferiores loco, auctoritate, ordine, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 48, § 127: ordo amplissimus, i. e. the Senate: quem absentem in amplissimum ordinem cooptarunt, id. Cael. 2, 5; also termed SPLENDIDISSIMVS ORDO, Inscr. Orell. 1180; 1181; and simply ordo, the order, for the Senate: ordo Mutinensis, Tac. H. 2, 52; Inscr. Grut. 425, 1: trecentos ex dediticiis electos utriusque ordinis, i. e. of the two upper classes, Suet. Aug. 15.
      1. 2. In gen., a class, rank, station, condition: mearum me rerum aequom’st novisse ordinem, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 50: publicanorum, Cic. Fam. 13, 9, 2: aratorum, pecuariorum, mercatorum, id. Verr. 2, 2, 6, § 17: homo ornatissimus loco, ordine, nomine, id. ib. 2, 1, 48, § 127: libertini, Suet. Gram. 18.
        So in the inscrr.: SACERDOTVM, HARVSPICVM, etc., Grut. 320, 12; 304, 7; 302, 2 et saep.; so, grammatici alios auctores in ordinem redigerunt, alios omnino exemerant numero, recognized among, placed in the rank of, Quint. 1, 4, 3.
          1. (β) Esp. (eccl. Lat.), an order in the church, an ecclesiastical rank or office: ordines sacerdotum et Levitarum, Vulg. 2 Esdr. 13, 30: secundum ordinem Melchisedek, id. Psa. 109, 5.

Ordovices, um, m., a people of Britain, Tac. A. 12, 33; id. Agr. 18, 4.

ōrĕae, ārum, f. [1. os], the bit of a bridle (ante-class.), Titin. ap. Fest. p. 182 Müll.: oreas equo detrahere, Cael. ib.

Ŏrēăs, ădis, f., = Ὀρειάς, a mountainnymph, Oread (poet.): quam mille secutae Hinc atque hinc glomerantur Oreades, Verg. A. 1, 500; Ov. M. 8, 787; Calp. Ecl. 4, 136; cf. Oreos.

† ŏrēon or ŏrīon, i, n., = ὄρειον, a mountain-plant, a kind of polygonos, Plin. 27, 12, 91, § 115

‡ Ŏrēos, i, m., = ὄρειος, of the mountain, i. e. Pan: Oreos Liber pater, et Oreades Nymphae appellantur, quod in montibus frequenter apparent, Fest. p. 182 Müll.

† ŏrĕŏsĕlīnon (-um), i, n., = ὀρεοσέλινον, mountain-parsley, Plin. 19, 8, 37, § 124.

Ŏrĕsītrŏphos (-us), i, f., = Ὀρεσίτροφος (mountain-fed), one of Actœon’s hounds, Ov. M. 3, 233.

Ŏrestae, ārum, m., = Ὀρέσται, a people of Macedonia, Liv. 33, 34; Plin. 4, 10, 17, § 35; Curt. 4, 13, 28.

Ŏrestes, is and ae, m., = Ὀρέστης,

  1. I. the son of Agamemnon and Clytœmnestra, who avenged his father’s death by slaying his mother, and, in company with his faithful friend Pylades and his sister Iphigenia, priestess of Diana in the Tauric Chersonese, carried away the image of Diana to Italy, near Aricia, Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 30: Agamemnonius Orestes, Verg. A. 4, 471: dico vicisse Oresten, Enn. ap. Non. 306, 28 (Trag. v. 191 Vahl.): cum Pylades Orestem se esse diceret, Cic. Lael. 7, 24: clamantem nomen Orestis, Ov. H. 8, 9: quod fuit Argolico juvenis Phoceus Orestae, id. Am. 2, 6, 15 (vulg. Oresti).
    Voc.: tristis Oresta, Ov. Tr. 1, 5, 22.
    1. B. Transf., a tragedy of Euripides, founded on the story of Orestes: cum Orestem fabulam doceret Euripides, Cic. Tusc. 4, 29, 63.
      Hence,
  2. II. Orestē-us, a, um, adj., = Ὀρεστεῖος, of or belonging to Orestes, Orestean: Diana, whose image was carried away by Orestes to Aricia, Ov. M. 15, 489.

‡ Ŏrestĭădes, nymphae montium cultrices, Fest. p. 185 Müll.

Orestilla, ae, f., a female surname in the gens Aurelia; esp. Aurelia Orestilla, wife of Catiline, Sall. C. 15, 2; 35, 3; 6; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 7, 2.

ŏrestĭon, ii, n., a plant, called also helenion and nectarea, Plin. 14, 16, 19, § 108.

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