the warp of a web

exordĭum, ii, n. [exordior, I.].

Prop., the beginning, the warp of a web (rare):

non possum togam praetextam sperare, cum exordium pullum videam,

Quint. 5, 10, 71.—

Transf., in gen., a beginning, commencement (the usual meaning; syn.: initium, principium, primordium): neve inde navis inchoandae exordium Coepisset, quae, etc., Enn. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 22, 34 (Trag. v. 282 ed. Vahl.):

hujus quoque exordium mali, quoniam principium boni diximus, explicemus,

Cic. Inv. 1, 3, 3; cf.: institutae rei publicae clarum ac tam omnibus notum, id. Rep. 2, 2:

a qua totius vitae ducat exor dium,

id. Fin. 5, 7, 18; cf.:

a quibus tempo ribus scribendi capiat exordium,

id. Leg. 1, 3, 8:

paene ab exordio Urbis,

Suet. Vesp. 8; id. Tib. 42:

tertius (annus) a prima vigilia sumens exordium,

Amm. 26, 1, 9.—In plur.:

rerum,

Lucr. 2, 333; 3, 31; 4, 114; cf. Verg. E. 6, 33:

priva animaï,

Lucr. 3, 380:

solis lunaeque,

id. 5, 471:

rationis,

id. 1, 149:

primae pugnae,

Verg. A. 7, 40 et saep.—

In partic., of speech:

saepe animadverti, summos oratores in dicendi exordio permoveri,

Cic. de Or. 1, 27, 122:

ergo ita nascetur exordium,

id. Tusc. 1, 4 fin. —As part of a speech or writing, the introduction, exordium, proëm, preface (syn.:

prooemium, praefatio, prologus): exordium est principium orationis, per quod animus auditoris aut judicis constituitur vel apparatur ad audiendum,

Auct. Her. 1, 3, 4; cf. Quint. 4, 1, 1 sq.:

tum denique id, quod primum est dicendum, postremum soleo cogitare, quo utar exordio,

Cic. de Or. 2, 77 fin.:

proximus liber a prima parte, id est exordio incipiet,

Quint. 3, 11, 28; 1, 12, 19:

in exordio pro Milone,

id. 9, 4, 133; 9, 4, 74 et saep.— In plur., Quint. 11, 3, 161:

quae prima exordia sumat?

Verg. A. 4, 284.—

Transf., a writing, treatise, in gen., Col. 5, 11, 13; 7, 5, 1; 7, 12, 1 al.

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tēla, ae, f. [prob. contr. from texia, from texo; cf. ala, from axilla;

mala, from maxilla,

Cic. Or. 45, 153 ], a web.

Lit.:

texentem telam studiose ipsam offendimus,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 44:

Penelope telam retexens,

Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 95:

tenui telas discreverat auro,

Verg. A. 4, 264; 11, 75:

vetus in telā deducitur argumentum,

Ov. M. 6, 69:

commenta retexere tela,

Stat. S. 3, 5, 9; Dig. 32, 1, 69; 34, 2, 22:

lanā et telā victum quaeritans,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 48; cf.:

assiduis exercet bracchia telis,

Ov. F. 4, 699:

antiquas exercet telas,

id. M. 6, 145:

plena domus telarum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 26, § 59.—Of a spider ' s web:

deiciamque eorum (araneorum) omnis telas,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 25; Cat. 68, 49; Mart. 8, 33, 15; Juv. 14, 61.—

Transf.

The threads that run lengthwise in the loom, the warp (syn.:

stamen, trama),

Tib. 1, 6, 79: licia telae Addere, Verg. G. 1, 285; 3, 562; Ov. M. 4, 275; 6, 54 sq.—

A weaver ' s beam, yarn-beam; also, a loom, Cato, R. R. 10, 5; 14, 2; Ov. M. 4, 35; 6, 576. —

Trop., a web, i. e. a plan, design:

exorsa haec tela non male omnino mihi est,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 116:

ad detexundam telam,

id. Ps. 1, 4, 7:

quamquam ea tela texitur et ea incitatur in civitate ratio vivendi, ut, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 3, 60, 226.

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.

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.—

In gen., to begin, commence, set about, undertake (class.; syn.: incipio, incoho, infit); constr. with acc., de, inf., or absol.

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.—

With de:

paulo altius de re ordiri,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 47, § 105.—

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.—

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.—

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.

ex-ordĭor, orsus, 4, v. dep. a., to begin a web, to lay the warp, to weave (class.).

Lit.:

funem longum pedes LXXII.,

Cato R. R. 135, 4; cf.

trop.: neque exordiri primum, unde occipias, habes, Neque detexundam ad telam certos terminos,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 4, 7; and:

pertexe modo, Antoni, quod exorsus es,

Cic. de Or. 2, 33, 145.—

Transf., in gen., to begin, commence, esp. a speech; constr. with the acc., an inf., with ab or absol.

With acc. (so perh. not in Cic.):

consilia,

Plaut. As. 1, 1, 102:

argutias adversus aliquem,

id. Bacch. 1, 2, 19:

facinus,

id. ib. 4, 4, 71:

hanc rem facete et callide,

id. Pers. 4, 1, 7:

bellum ab causa tam nefanda,

Liv. 4, 17, 6:

classicum ingenti spiritu,

Suet. Caes. 32:

tragoediam magno impetu,

id. Aug. 85:

causam,

Quint. 4, 1, 2:

preces,

Ov. M. 10, 483:

parricidia et caedes a Claudio,

Suet. Ner. 33 et saep.—

With inf. (Ciceronian):

imitabor ergo Aratum, qui magnis de rebus dicere exordiens, a Jove incipiendum putat,

Cic. Rep. 1, 36:

tunc dicere exorsus est,

id. Fin. 1, 8 fin.; cf. id. Div. 2, 49, 101; and Nep. Pelop. 1 fin. —

With ab (class.):

aut ab adversarii dicto exordiemur, aut, etc.,

Auct. Her. 1, 6, 10:

ab ipsa re,

Cic. de Or. 2, 79, 320:

a veritate, a dignitate,

id. ib. 2, 8, 31.—

Absol. (class.):

ancilla hoc pacto exordiri coepit,

Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 31:

jubent exordiri ita, ut eum, qui audiat, benevolum nobis faciamus, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 2, 19, 80; so,

ita, quasi, etc., Quint. prooem. § 4: in hunc modum,

Tac. A. 3, 50:

his verbis,

id. ib. 6, 6:

clamore,

Cic. Cael. 15, 38.

► exorsus, a, um, in pass. signif., begun, commenced:

exorsa tela,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 4, 116; Visell. ap. Prisc. p. 793 P.; cf.:

reperiunt ea, quibus ante exorsa et potius detexta prope retexantur,

Cic. de Or. 2, 38, 158.—In the plur. subst.: exorsa, ōrum, n., a beginning, commencement:

per ambages et longa exorsa aliquem tenere,

a long preamble, Verg. G. 2, 45:

sua cuique exorsa laborem Fortunamque ferent,

beginning, undertaking, id. A. 10, 111 (opp. exitus), Amm. 14, 11, 26.

ex-ordĭor, orsus, 4, v. dep. a., to begin a web, to lay the warp, to weave (class.).

Lit.:

funem longum pedes LXXII.,

Cato R. R. 135, 4; cf.

trop.: neque exordiri primum, unde occipias, habes, Neque detexundam ad telam certos terminos,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 4, 7; and:

pertexe modo, Antoni, quod exorsus es,

Cic. de Or. 2, 33, 145.—

Transf., in gen., to begin, commence, esp. a speech; constr. with the acc., an inf., with ab or absol.

With acc. (so perh. not in Cic.):

consilia,

Plaut. As. 1, 1, 102:

argutias adversus aliquem,

id. Bacch. 1, 2, 19:

facinus,

id. ib. 4, 4, 71:

hanc rem facete et callide,

id. Pers. 4, 1, 7:

bellum ab causa tam nefanda,

Liv. 4, 17, 6:

classicum ingenti spiritu,

Suet. Caes. 32:

tragoediam magno impetu,

id. Aug. 85:

causam,

Quint. 4, 1, 2:

preces,

Ov. M. 10, 483:

parricidia et caedes a Claudio,

Suet. Ner. 33 et saep.—

With inf. (Ciceronian):

imitabor ergo Aratum, qui magnis de rebus dicere exordiens, a Jove incipiendum putat,

Cic. Rep. 1, 36:

tunc dicere exorsus est,

id. Fin. 1, 8 fin.; cf. id. Div. 2, 49, 101; and Nep. Pelop. 1 fin. —

With ab (class.):

aut ab adversarii dicto exordiemur, aut, etc.,

Auct. Her. 1, 6, 10:

ab ipsa re,

Cic. de Or. 2, 79, 320:

a veritate, a dignitate,

id. ib. 2, 8, 31.—

Absol. (class.):

ancilla hoc pacto exordiri coepit,

Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 31:

jubent exordiri ita, ut eum, qui audiat, benevolum nobis faciamus, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 2, 19, 80; so,

ita, quasi, etc., Quint. prooem. § 4: in hunc modum,

Tac. A. 3, 50:

his verbis,

id. ib. 6, 6:

clamore,

Cic. Cael. 15, 38.

► exorsus, a, um, in pass. signif., begun, commenced:

exorsa tela,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 4, 116; Visell. ap. Prisc. p. 793 P.; cf.:

reperiunt ea, quibus ante exorsa et potius detexta prope retexantur,

Cic. de Or. 2, 38, 158.—In the plur. subst.: exorsa, ōrum, n., a beginning, commencement:

per ambages et longa exorsa aliquem tenere,

a long preamble, Verg. G. 2, 45:

sua cuique exorsa laborem Fortunamque ferent,

beginning, undertaking, id. A. 10, 111 (opp. exitus), Amm. 14, 11, 26.

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