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orsa , ōrum, n. ordior.
I. Beginnings, commencements, an undertaking, attempt: ut (di) orsis tanti operis successus prosperos darent, Liv. praef. fin.: “Orsa juvare,Val. Fl. 1, 21.—
II. In partic., words, speech (poet.): “sic orsa vicissim Ore refert,Verg. A. 7, 435; 10, 632; 11, 124; Val. Fl. 5, 472: “Menandri, i. e. carmina,Aus. Idyll. 4, 46.
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    • Vergil, Aeneid, 7.435
    • C. Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica, 1.21
    • C. Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica, 5.472
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