exorior

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Latin

Etymology

ex- +‎ orior.

Pronunciation

Verb

exorior (present infinitive exorīrī, perfect active exortus sum); third conjugation -variant, deponent

  1. to come out or forth, appear
    Synonyms: orior, coorior, oborior, ēmergō, pāreō, appāreō
    Antonyms: concēdō, decēdō, cēdō, intereō, discēdō, excēdō, pereō
    Exoriāre aliquis ultor.Rise, some avenger.
  2. to become
  3. to begin
    Synonyms: incohō, occipiō, incipiō, coepiō, ōrdior, initiō, ineō, ingredior, aggredior, sūmō, moveō, committō, mōlior
    Antonyms: subsistō, dēsistō, cessō

Usage notes

  • Part of a small group of verbs, all with a short-vowel root, displaying both 3rd and 4th conjugation forms.
  • Present active infinitive only exorīrī, other 4th conjugation forms occur, particularly in manuscripts.
  • Past participle exclusively exortus, future participle exclusively exoritūrus, gerund almost exclusively exoriundus.

Conjugation

References

  • exorior”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • exorior”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • exorior in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.