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Amu* hscvitium (gcn.pl.) per fissu- 
raa. jnsitarum est ordinatio. Sueton. 
anni, setting in order, regulating. — So, 
in architecture, the adjustment of the 
design or model, planning. Vitruv. — 
Hence, of the government of a prov¬ 
ince. Plin. Ep. -ir Also, an impe¬ 
rial regulation, or constitution. Nerva 
in Plin. Ep .—Especially in relation to 
the provinces, appointing of the magis¬ 
trates who were to govern them. Sueton. 
Proxima ordinatio.-If Also, order, 
orderly state or disposition. Vitruv. Dis- 
ciplin® corpus ad perfectam ordinatio- 
nem perducere. — Also, order, row. 
Apul. 
GRDINaTIVOS (Id.), a, um, adj. signi- 
3 fifing or indicating order. Tcrtull. 
ORDINaTGR (Id.), oris, m. one who ar- 
2 ranges; an orderer, disposer, SiaScTrip. 
Senec. 
GROINaTRIX (ordinator), Icis, f. she 
3 who arranges, an orderer. Augustin. 
ORDINaTOS, a, um, particip. from ordi- 
no. - U Adj. well-ordered, orderly, 
regular. Apul. Stella: meatus longe 
ordinatissimos efficiunt. Senec. Non 
dices vitam justiorem necordinatiorem. 
ORDINS (ordo), as, avi, atum, a. 1. to 
range, set or place in proper order or 
series, arrange, dispose, rarreo. Horat. 
Ordinare agmina. JYcp. Copi® sine 
ducis opera ordinat®, arranged, drawn 
up. Martial. Villa ordinata myrtetis, 
adorned with groves of myrtles, set in 
order. Liv. Scipio milites ordinavit cen- 
turiavitque, formed into companies. Id. 
Aliter apud alios ordinatis magistrati- 
bus, arranged in different order. Cic. 
Ordinare partes orationis.-IT Also, 
to order, arrange, dispose ; also, to regu¬ 
late, settle, compose, adjust, something 
out of order. Cic. litem, dispose, pre¬ 
pare, drain up. Pandect, testamentum. 
Cic. Cursus ordinatos conficiunt, h. e. 
regular. Horat. Ubi publicas res ordi- 
naris, when you have described in order; 
or more artificially, when you have settled 
the commonwealth, h. e. have brought 
your history down to the time of the reestab¬ 
lishment of public peace and order. Suc- 
ton. Donee desideria militum ordina- 
rentur, settled, calmed, satisfied. - 
IT Also, to ordain, appoint, fix, regulate. 
Sueton. magistratus in plures annos, 
It. e. who shall hold the offices for several 
years to come. Id. aliquem, to appoint 
to an office. -IT See, also, Ordinatus, 
a, um. 
CRDI6R (as it seems, from an obsol. 
verb dpSeo, whence SpSypi), Iris, or- 
sus sum, dep. 4. properly in weaving, 
to warp, lay the warp, begin to weave. 
Plin. Araneus orditur telas_Or, also, 
of spinning. Senec. Lachesis plena 
orditur manu.-IT Hence in general, 
to begin, commence, enter upon. Cic. 
Alterius vitae quoddam initium ordimur. 
Nep. Ab initio est ordiendum. Cic. 
Ab eo nobis causa ordienda est. Id. 
Unde est orsa, in eodem terminetur 
oratio. Id. De quo si paulo altius ordi- 
ri videbor, ignoscite. Id. Eloquentia, 
de qua disputare ordimur. — Also, to be¬ 
gin, enter upon, undertake, set about, 
take up, take in hand. Virg. Majorem 
orsafurorem. JVep. Satis de hoc: re- 
liquos ordiamur. Propert. Palatia de- 
cerpta ordiar, will take in hand to sing. 
-IT Also, to begin to speak; or gene¬ 
rally, to speak. Virg. Pater Aeneas sic 
orsus, thus began. Id. Sic orsus Apol¬ 
lo, having thus spoken. -IT Orditus, 
for orsus. Sidon -IT Ordibor, h. e. 
ordiar. Ace. ap. Mon. -IT See, also, 
Orsum , i. 
6RD5 (unc.), Inis, m. row, line, order, 
series. Cic. Ordines (arborum) direc- 
tos in quincuncem, rows, ranks. Vine. 
Indulge ordinibus, sc. vitium. die. 
Ordo seriesque causarum. Id. Ordi- 
nem rerum ac necessitudinem perse- 
Vti. Hv. In ordinem cogere aliquem, 
to lower, humble, bring down, level, 
Kcrrora, degrade (as if to range him 
with inferiors, and so deprive him of 
eminence). So, Plin. Ep. Potestatem 
sacrosanctam in ordinem cogi, ne a se 
qumem decet. Liv. Appium nimium 
n ordinem se cogere, demeaned himself i 
o much. Cats. Nullo ordine, without i 
order, unarranred, not formed in rank or 
line. Virg. Major rerum nascitur ordo, 
series, train. — Ordine, in, or per ordi¬ 
nem, in ordine, ex ordine, h. e. secun¬ 
dum ordinem, in a row, one after the 
other, in order. Cic. Me soles ordine 
interrogare. Terent. Rem enarrato 
omiiem ordine. Virg. Pone ordine vi- 
tes. Cic. Tabula in ordinem confec¬ 
ts- Quintal. Singuli per ordinem cu- 
biculum intrarunt. Virg. Hos Corydon, 
illos referebat in ordine Thyrsis. Cic. 
Ut quisque state et honore antecede- 
bat, ita sententJam dixit ex ordine. — 
Sometimes, Ordine, rightly, wisely,prop¬ 
erly. Cic. Hoc r.ecte atque ordine fac¬ 
tum videtur.— And, Ex ordine, with- 
out intermission , in succession. Virg. 
Septem totos ex ordine menses.— Also, 
right on, straightway, forthwith. Virg. 
Vitulos cadere jubet, solvique ex ordi¬ 
ne funes. — Extra ordinem, in an extra¬ 
ordinary manner, out of course, contrary 
to rule, law or custom. Cic. Provinciam 
alicui extra ordinem decernere. Pan¬ 
dect. Extra ordinem crimina probantur, 
h. e. with the omission of the regular for¬ 
malities. Also, incidentally. Quintil. Ex¬ 
tra ordinem occurrere. Also, uncommon¬ 
ly, eminently, especially. Cic. Spem extra 
ordinem de te habemus.-IT Hence, 
a row of benches or scats. Virg. Tertio 
consnrgunt ordine remi, row, bank. Cic. 
Sedere in quatuordecim ordinibus, to 
sit in the fourteen rows appropriated to 
the Equites in the theatre, h. e. to be an 
Eques.-- IT Also, the line of soldiers in 
order of battle, rank. Liv. Ordines expli- 
care, to spread, extend. Hirt. Post bunc 
ordinem naves distribuit, t/tis array; these 
ships, thus drawn up _Hence, a com¬ 
pany, century of soldiers. Cats. Primo- 
rum ordinum centuriones, h. e. the first 
three centurions of the legion, the first of 
the Triarii ( ccnturio primipili), of the 
Principes, of the Hastati. Id. Primi¬ 
pili centurio, qui hunc eundem ordi¬ 
nem antea duxerat, had been centurion 
of the same company. Cic. Viri fortis- 
simi ordines duxerunt, commanded the 
companies (of course, one each). But, 
Liv. (speaking of a single individual)! 
Ordines duxisse, h. e. to have been seve¬ 
ral times centurion (for as the Romans 
had soldiers only in time of war, the 
centurion lost his company when peace 
was concluded; but on'the breaking 
out of a new war, received the com¬ 
mand of another). — Also, Ordo, the 
post or place of centurion, ccnt.urionship, 
captaincy. C<es. Spe priemiorum atque 
ordinum evocantur. Id. Primis ordini¬ 
bus appropinquarunt. — Also, the cen¬ 
turion himself. Cws. Primis ordinibus 
convocatis, h. e. centurionibus primo- 
rum ordinum. —Some suppose Ordo to 
denote two centuries; and in Liv. 42 
34. there seems to be no other way of 
understanding it. The captain of such 
a company would still be a centurion. 
-IT Figur. rank, class, estate, order. 
— Especially, the Ordo senatorius, 
equester, plebeius, at Rome. Cic. Ordo 
Senatorius. So, Id. amplissimus, h. e. 
the senate. Id. Hie ordo. Id. Ordo 
equester, the equestrian order. Liv. pe- 
dester, h. e. plebeius. So in the colo¬ 
nies and municipal towns. Ordo,t/ie sen¬ 
ate. Tacit. Ordo Mutinensis. Sometimes, 
Uterque ordo, h.e. senatorius et equester. 
Sueton. and Vellei. — Generally, class, 
order, division, rank. Cic. Cuiquam or- 
dini sive aiatorum, sive pecuariorum, 
&c. Id. Universus ordo publicano- 
rum. Terent. Homo mei loci atque 
ordinis, rank. -IT Also, order, h. e. or¬ 
derly arrangement or condition, regularity, 
method. Cic. Adhibere ordinem rebus. 
Id. In ordinem se referre, to return to 
order. Id. Res in ordinem adducere ; 
or, Auct. ad Her. redigere, to bring in¬ 
to order, reduce to order. Cic. Ordinem 
conservare. Id. sequi. Id. immu- 
tare.—-Hence, Ordine, duly , properly, 
rightly. Cic. — Also, state, condition. 
Plant, mearum rerum. — Also, or¬ 
dering, ordaining, disposition, institu¬ 
tion. Manil. Non casus opus, sed nu- 
minis ordo. 
RtfAl (os), arum, f. a bit, curb, xaXtvos- 
Titin. ap. j Pest. 
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SReXS (’O peiag), Sdis, f. sc. nympha, a. 
3 mountain nymph. Oread. Virg. 
5Re<5N ( opuov, h. e. montanum), i, m. « 
species of polygonos. Plin. 
5R£0SELrNUM (dpeoozXivov), i, n. black 
mountain-parsley (Athamanta oreoseli- 
num, L). Plin. 
ORfiSITROPHiJS (dpeairpoejios), i, m. 
reared on the mountains; as a name of a 
hound. Ovid. 
ORkSTf.S, re and is, m. the. son of Aga¬ 
memnon and Clytemncstra, brother of Ip hi- 
genia, Electra, &c. Having at the com¬ 
mand of the oracle slain his adulterous 
mother, and having aflenoards put to death 
Pyrrhus, he was haunted by the Furies 
(or in other words, went mad). He had a 
dear friend and companion in Pylades, 
who, when he was doomed to be sacrificed 
upon the altar of Diana in the Chersone- 
sus Taurica, wished to die in his stead; 
but Orestes was recognized by his sister 
Iphigenia, who was priestess cf Diana, 
and is said to have brought the ima<re of 
the goddess to Italy, and placed it"near 
Aricia. His adventures were the subject 
of several plays. — Hence, Oresteus, 
a, um, adj. Ovid. Diana. 
5RSXISJoprfiy), is, f. appetite. 3 Juvenal. 
ORGXNaRIOS (organum), ii, m. a maker 
3 or player of musical instruments. Finnic. 
ORGXNICDS (dpyamicds), a, um, adj. 
2 relating to an instrument. Vitruv. Tela- 
rum organicis ad ministration ibus. — 
In particular, relating to musical instru¬ 
ments, performed by musical instruments, 
instrumental. Cato ap. JTon. melos. 
Lucret. saltus Heliconis, musical. Id. 
Organicus, sc. homo, a maker or player 
of musical instruments. -IT Organi- 
cois, adv. See Mcchanicws. 
oRGANUM (opyavov), i, n. an instrument. 
2 Colum. Sic compositum organum ir. 
sulcum demissum est. Id. Organum 
erect® tribul® simile, quod tudicula vo- 
catur. Plin. Excogitatis organis, per 
qu® siderum loca atque magnitodines 
signaret. So, Vitruv. of architectural 
and military instruments. — In particu¬ 
lar, a musical instrument. Quintil. Fau¬ 
ces convuls® fractis sunt organis simi¬ 
les. Juvenal. Organa semper in mani- 
bus. — Especially, an organ, hydraulic or¬ 
gan. Sueton. — Also, Organa, the organ- 
pipes. Vitruv. 
oRGIA ('Opyia), Drum, n. the sacred rites 
2 or festival of Bacchus; orgies. Viro-. 
Hence, Senec. Orgia ferre condita cistis, 
h. e. the sacred furniture used in the or¬ 
gies. -IT Also, any secret, enthusiastic,. 
fanatic rites or festival, orgies. Juvenal. 
— Figur. Propert. Itala per Graios Or¬ 
gia ferre choros, h. c. poesy. Colum. 
Orgia natur®, mysteries, secrets. 
oRGYORX, ®, f. a plant. Apul. 
ORIA. See Horia. 
5RIBXS0S (dpeiffacos), i, um, rover of the 
mountains; as the name of a hound. Ovid. 
5RIBXTA (dpufiarr/s), as, m. climbing 
3 mountains. Jul. Firm. 
ORICHaLCUM, or AURICIIaLCUM 
(dpeixa\Kos), i, n. (properly, mountain 
ore; it seems originally to have denoted 
a natural brass-ore, and the brass tcrought. 
out of it. Afterwards), brass, artificially 
wrought. Cic. Off. 3, 23. Herat. Ar. 
Poet. 202. Also, Virg. JEn. 12, 87. Al¬ 
bum orichalcum. — Also, what is made 
thereof. Thus, Val. Fiacc. for tuba. 
Stat. for arma.-IT Through a false 
derivation from aurum, and the similar¬ 
ity of the pronunciation, some poets 
have made an imaginary metal of it, 
more precious than gold. Plant, in va¬ 
rious places. 
ORICILLA. See Auricilla. 3 
oRICOS, or oRICOS, i, f. and oRICUM, 
i, n. a town in Epirus. Lucan. Darda- 
niam Oricon (so called because Ilelenus 
and Andromache reigned in those 
parts). - IT Hence, Orlclus, a, um, 
adj. Orician. Virg. - IT Also, Oricl- 
nus, a, um, adj. same as Oricius; Ori- 
clni, the Oricians. Liv. 
oRICOLA, re, f! for auricula. Trog. ap. 
3 Plin. 
ORICOLaRIOS, a, um, adj. for auricula- 
2 rius. Cels, clyster, h. e. quo in aurea 
aliquid injicitur. Petron. servi, eaves¬ 
droppers, spies , talebearers. 
5RIeNS, tis, particip. from orior. -- 
