Dictionary formorior, oriri, ortus sum
Translation
rise, arise; be born, originate
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Examples
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The sun rises in the east.
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Great wars have arisen from small causes.
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A fight broke out between them.
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After sunrise they set out.
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He was born of a noble family.
Orior, oriri, ortus sum is deponent, so ortus est means "he arose", never "he was raised". Its present tense is a hybrid worth memorising: oritur and oreris follow the third conjugation, while the infinitive oriri and everything else follow the fourth.
The range is wide but consistent - the sun rises, a river has its source, a war breaks out, and a person is "born of" a family, ortus with the ablative. The east is simply the oriens, the present participle used as a noun, which is where Orient and oriental come from; origin, original, aboriginal and abort (ab plus orior, to miscarry) all belong to the same family. There is no perfect active; the future participle is orturus.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 5, lesson 10: orior, unda, membrum and 7 more words.