the orient

Ēōs (only in nom.), f., = Êôs, the dawn (pure Lat. Aurora), Ov. F. 3, 877; 4, 389; Sen. Herc. Oet. 615.—

Meton., the East, the Orient, Luc. 9, 544.—

Derivv. Ē̆ōus, a, um.

Adj.

Belonging to the morning, morning-:

Atlantides absconduntur,

i. e. disappear, set in the morning, Verg. G. 1, 221.—More freq.,

Belonging to the east, eastern, orient (a favorite word of the Aug. poets):

domus Aurorae,

Prop. 2, 14, 10 (3, 10, 8 M.):

equus,

id. 4 (5), 3, 10:

Arabes,

Tib. 3, 2, 24; cf.:

domus Arabum,

Verg. G. 2, 115:

acies,

id. A. 1, 489:

caelum,

Ov. M. 4, 197:

ripa,

Prop. 4 (5), 5, 21:

mare,

Tib. 2, 2, 16; cf.

fluctus,

Hor. Epod. 2, 51:

partes,

id. C. 1, 35, 31; Ov. F. 1, 140; cf.

orbis,

id. ib. 3, 466; 5, 557 et saep.—

Subst.: Ē̆ōus, i, m.

Like êôios (sc. astêr), the morning-star, Verg. G. 1, 288; id. A. 3, 588; 11, 4.—

An inhabitant of the East, an Oriental, Ov. Tr. 4, 9, 22 Jahn; id. Am. 1, 15, 29; Prop. 2, 3, 43 sq.—

The name of one of the horses of the sun, Ov. M. 2, 153.

Ēōs (only in nom.), f., = Êôs, the dawn (pure Lat. Aurora), Ov. F. 3, 877; 4, 389; Sen. Herc. Oet. 615.—

Meton., the East, the Orient, Luc. 9, 544.—

Derivv. Ē̆ōus, a, um.

Adj.

Belonging to the morning, morning-:

Atlantides absconduntur,

i. e. disappear, set in the morning, Verg. G. 1, 221.—More freq.,

Belonging to the east, eastern, orient (a favorite word of the Aug. poets):

domus Aurorae,

Prop. 2, 14, 10 (3, 10, 8 M.):

equus,

id. 4 (5), 3, 10:

Arabes,

Tib. 3, 2, 24; cf.:

domus Arabum,

Verg. G. 2, 115:

acies,

id. A. 1, 489:

caelum,

Ov. M. 4, 197:

ripa,

Prop. 4 (5), 5, 21:

mare,

Tib. 2, 2, 16; cf.

fluctus,

Hor. Epod. 2, 51:

partes,

id. C. 1, 35, 31; Ov. F. 1, 140; cf.

orbis,

id. ib. 3, 466; 5, 557 et saep.—

Subst.: Ē̆ōus, i, m.

Like êôios (sc. astêr), the morning-star, Verg. G. 1, 288; id. A. 3, 588; 11, 4.—

An inhabitant of the East, an Oriental, Ov. Tr. 4, 9, 22 Jahn; id. Am. 1, 15, 29; Prop. 2, 3, 43 sq.—

The name of one of the horses of the sun, Ov. M. 2, 153.

ŏrĭor, ortus, 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. ornumi, orinô; v. Curt. Gr. Etym. 348 sq.].

In gen., of persons, to rise, bestir one's self, get up, etc.:

consul oriens nocte diceret dictatorem,

Liv. 8, 23.—

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. —

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 mjuria,

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,

ŏrĭens, entis, P. a.; as subst. m.

The rising sun, morning sun:

et me saevus equis oriens afflavit anhelis,

Verg. A. 5, 739; id. G. 1, 250.—

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.—

Poet. for day:

septimus hinc oriens cum se demiserit undis,

Ov. F. 1, 653.—

ortus, a, um, P. a., sprung, descended, born; constr. with ex, ab, and (partic. with poets and since the Aug. per.) with simple abl.

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.—

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.—

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.

aurōra, ae, f. [acc. to Curtius, a reduplicated form for ausosa, from Sanscr. ush, to burn; cf. auôs êôs, dawn; hêlios, the sun; and Etrusc. Usil, the god of the sun; but its idea of brightness, splendor, easily connects it with the same group as aurum; v. aes].

A.. The dawn, daybreak, morning (mostly poet.): est autem aurora diei clarescentis exordium et primus splendor aëris, quae Graece êôs dicitur, Isid. Orig. 5, 31, 14:

usque ab aurorā ad hoc quod diei est,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 8:

Nec nox ulla diem neque noctem aurora secutast,

Lucr. 2, 578; 4, 538; 4, 711; 5, 657; Cic. Arat. 65:

ad primam auroram,

Liv. 1, 7, 6; Plin. 11, 12, 12, § 30.—

Personified, the goddess of the morning, Gr. Êôs, daughter of Hyperion (hence Hyperionis, Ov. F. 5, 159), wife of Tithonus (hence Tithonia conjunx, Ov. F. 3, 403, and Tithonia, id. ib. 4, 943), and mother of Memnon, Verg. A. 4, 585:

Aurora novo cum spargit lumine terras,

Lucr. 2, 144; imitated by Verg. l.l.;

9, 459: Iamque rubescebat stellis Aurora fugatis,

id. ib. 3, 521; 6, 535;

7, 26: Proxima prospiciet Tithono Aurora relicto,

Ov. F. 1, 461; id. M. 13, 576 sq.;

she robbed Procris of her husband, Cephalus,

id. ib. 7, 703;

but gave him back,

id. ib. 7, 713.—

Meton., the East, the Orient:

ab Aurorae populis et litore rubro,

Verg. A. 8, 686:

Eurus ad Auroram Nabataeaque regna recessit,

Ov. M. 1, 61:

quae (terrae) sunt a Gadibus usque Auroram et Gangen,

Juv. 10, 2; cf. Verg. A. 7, 606 sq.; so Claud. Laus Seren. Reg. 116; id. in Eutr. 1, 427;

also,

the people of the East, id. Laud. Stil. 1, 154; id. in Rufin. 2, 100; id. B. Gild. 61; id. in Eutr. 2, 527.

ortus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from orior, q. v. fin. B.

ortus, ūs, m. [orior].

A rising of the heavenly bodies (opp. occasus; class.): solis et lunae reliquorumque siderum ortus, obitus motusque cognoscere, Cic. Div. 1, 56, 128:

primi sub lumina solis et ortus,

Verg. A. 6, 255:

(sol) ab ortu ad occasum commeans,

from east to west, Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 49: solis, sunrise, i. e. the orient, the east, id. Cat. 3, 8:

tum bis ad occasum, bis se convertit ad ortus,

Ov. M. 14, 386:

nitido ab ortu,

id. ib. 2, 112:

signorum,

Verg. E. 9, 46:

ortus lucis,

Vulg. Sap. 16, 28.—

A rise, beginning, origin (cf. origo):

tribuniciae potestatis,

Cic. Leg. 3, 8, 19:

juris,

id. ib. 1, 6, 20:

Favonii,

Plin. 17, 9, 8, § 57:

materno ortu,

Ov. M. 13, 148:

ab Elide ducimus ortum,

we are sprung, derive our origin, id. ib. 5, 494:

ortus nascentium,

the birth, Cic. Div. 2, 43, 91; id. Tusc. 1, 38, 91:

Cato ortu Tusculanus,

by birth, id. Leg. 2, 2, 5.—Of a river, the source:

donec venias ad fluminis ortus,

Ov. M. 11, 139.—Of plants, the springing up, growth, Lucr. 5, 211.

ex-ŏrĭor, ortus, 3 and 4 ( part. fut. act. exorturus, Aug. Civ. D. 17, 14 fin. —The praes. indic. and imperf. subj. acc. to the third conj.:

exoritur,

Lucr. 1, 23; Verg. A. 2, 313; Ov. F. 4, 904 al.:

exoreretur,

Lucr. 2, 507; cf. id. 1, 108; Liv. 27, 27, 3. — Imper.:

exorere,

Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 16 —v. orior), v. dep. n., to come out or forth, to spring up (esp. suddenly, unexpectedly), to rise (class.).

In gen.

Lit.:

post solstitium Canicula exoritur,

Cic. Div. 2, 44, 93:

exoriens sol,

Verg. G. 1, 438; cf.:

jubare exorto,

id. A. 4, 130:

tu sola exorere, quae, etc.,

spring up, start up, Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 16; cf. Lucr. 1, 124; and Cic. Deiot. 1, 3.—

Part. praes. subst., exoriens (sc. sol), the rising sun, the morning (very rare):

qua venit exoriens, qua deficit,

Prop. 3, 5, 27 (4, 4, 27 M.).—To designate a cardinal point, the orient, east:

plantaria facito ab exoriente,

Col. Arb. 3, 3.—

Trop.:

exoritur Antipatri ratio ex altera parte,

springs, arises, Cic. Off. 3, 12, 52:

lex Julia de vi adversus eos exoritur, qui vim commiserint,

Just. Inst. 4, 18, 8:

ego nunc paulum exorior, et maxime quidem iis litteris, etc.,

recover myself, Cic. Att. 7, 26, 1.—

In partic., to arise, proceed, originate, begin, appear, become.

Lit.:

(Nilus) exoriens penitus media ab regione diei,

arising, proceeding, Lucr. 6, 723:

e terraque exorta repente arbusta salirent,

id. 1, 187; cf. ib. 180:

ipse novas assignationes instituit et repentinus Sulla nobis exoritur,

arises, appears, Cic. Agr. 3, 3, 10; cf.:

sic repente anuli beneficio rex exortus est Lydiae (Gyges),

became, id. Off. 3, 9, 38:

exoriare aliquis nostris ex ossibus ultor,

Verg. A. 4, 625.—

Trop.:

honestum, quod ex virtutibus exoritur,

Cic. Fin. 5, 23, 64; cf.:

horum (decemvirum) ex injustitia subito exorta est maxima perturbatio,

id. Rep. 2, 37:

tot bella repente aliis ex locis exorta sunt,

started up, arose, Liv. 31, 40, 7 Drak.:

a Myrrhina haec sunt exorta omnia,

proceeded from, are owing to, Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 10:

exorti utero dolores,

Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 40:

subito exorta est nefaria Catonis promulgatio,

Cic. Fam. 1, 5, 2; Caes. B. C. 2, 12, 4:

id cum contingit, amor exoriatur necesse est,

Cic. Lael 14, 48:

amicitias exorta aliqua offensione dirumpimus,

id. ib. 22, 85:

exoritur trepidos inter discordia cives,

Verg. A. 12, 583; cf. id. ib. 2, 313;

3, 128: de Praenestinorum defectione fama,

Liv. 6, 21, 9 al.

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