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ŏrīgo , ĭnis, f. orior,
I.earliest beginning, commencement, source, descent, lineage, birth, origin (class.; syn. ortus).
I. Lit.
A. In gen.: “originem rerum quaerere,Cic. Univ. 3: “origo tyranni,id. Rep. 2, 29, 51: “principii nulla est origo: nam e principio oriuntur omnia,id. ib. 6, 25, 27: “nullius autem rei causā remotā reperiri origo potest,id. Univ. 2, 3: “rerum genitalis,Lucr. 5, 176: “ab origine gentem (corripiunt morbi),Verg. G. 3, 473: “summi boni,Cic. Fin 2, 10, 31: “omnium virtutum,id. ib. 4, 7, 17: “fontium qui celat origines Nilus,source, Hor. C. 4, 14, 45: “auctore ab aliquo ducere originem,to derive one's origin from, to descend from, id. ib. 3, 17, 5: “mentis causa malae est origo penes te,Juv. 14, 226: “accipere,to take its origin, originate, Quint. 5, 11, 19: “ducere ex Hispaniā,to be of Spanish derivation, id. 1, 5, 57: deducere ab aliquo, to derive one's origin from, descend from, Plin. 6, 20, 23, § “76: ab aliquo habere,to draw one's origin from, descend from, id. 15, 14, 15, § 49: “trahere,id. 5, 24, 21, § 86: “PATRONVS AB ORIGINE,” i. e. from his ancestors, Inscr. Fabr. p. 101, n. 232.—
B. In partic.: “Origines,the title of a work by Cato upon the early history of the Italian cities, Nep. Cat. 3, 3: “quod (M. Cato) in principio scripsit Originum suarum,Cic. Planc. 27, 66; id. Sen. 11, 38.—Hence, in allusion to this title: quam ob rem, ut ille solebat, ita nunc mea repetet oratio populi origines; “libenter enim etiam verbo utor Catonis,Cic. Rep. 2, 1, 3.—
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