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ortus.

rising (sun/star); sunrise, daybreak, dawn, east; the East; beginning/dawning; birth; ancestry; coming into being; source; springing up (wind);

5 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈɔr.tʊs]Classical-Latin[ˈɔr.tus][ˈɔr.tuːs]Classical-Latin[ˈɔr.tus]

  1. a birth

    declension-4 · masculine

  2. a sunrise

    declension-4 · masculine

  3. east

    broadly · declension-4 · masculine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃er-der. Proto-Italic *oriōr Latin orior Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin ortus From orior + -tus (forming action nouns).. The connection with Hittite 𒄩𒅈𒁺𒍑 (ḫa-ar-du-uš /⁠ḫarduš⁠/, “brood, descendance”) might imply an inheritance from Proto-Indo-European *h₃er-tu-.

verb[ˈɔr.tʊs]Classical-Latin[ˈɔr.tus][ˈɔr.tuːs]Classical-Latin[ˈɔr.tus]

  1. having risen

    active · declension-1 · declension-2 · form-of · participle · perfect

  2. having risen of the sun or of the day: having risen, having dawned

    active · declension-1 · declension-2 · form-of · participle · perfect

  3. having appeared

    active · declension-1 · declension-2 · form-of · participle · perfect

  4. having originated

    active · declension-1 · declension-2 · form-of · participle · perfect

  5. having come into existence, having been born

    active · declension-1 · declension-2 · form-of · participle · perfect
Where this word comes from

Perfect active participle of the deponent verb orior.

noun[ˈɔr.tʊs]Classical-Latin[ˈɔr.tus][ˈɔr.tuːs]Classical-Latin[ˈɔr.tus]

  1. genitive singular of ortus

    form-of · genitive · singular
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃er-der. Proto-Italic *oriōr Latin orior Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin ortus From orior + -tus (forming action nouns).. The connection with Hittite 𒄩𒅈𒁺𒍑 (ḫa-ar-du-uš /⁠ḫarduš⁠/, “brood, descendance”) might imply an inheritance from Proto-Indo-European *h₃er-tu-.

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