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Latin
Etymology
From orior (“I rise up, originate, appear”) + -undus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
oriundus (feminine oriunda, neuter oriundum); first/second-declension adjective
- descended from
- born in
- E Gallia oriundus sum. - I am from France.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Descendants
References
- “oriundus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “oriundus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- oriundus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- a native of Rome: Romae natus, (a) Roma oriundus
- a native of England: ortus ab Anglis or oriundus ex Anglis
- “oriundus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly