orsus

orsus is a Latin form of ordior, meaning “begin, start; (orsa) words, undertaking”. It is the perfect passive participle nominative singular masculine.

Found 67 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Vergil, Aeneid 1.325: Sic Venus; et Veneris contra sic filius orsus:

Ovid, Heroides 12.72: Orsus es infido sic prior ore loqui:

All forms of ordior (conjugation table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.