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|lshtext=<b>ăd-ŏrĭor</b>: [[ortus]], 4, v. dep. (<br /><b>I</b> [[part]]. adorsus, Gell. 9, 2, 10; see the [[passage]] at the [[end]] of this [[art]].; the [[second]] and [[third]] pers. of the pres. ind., acc. to the [[fourth]] conj.: adorīris, adorītur; forms [[analogous]] to orĕris, orĭtur, of the [[simple]] [[verb]] [[occur]] in Lucr. 3, 513; Lucil. ap. Prisc. p. 880 P.), to [[rise]] up for the [[purpose]] of [[going]] to [[some]] one or [[something]], or of [[undertaking]] [[something]] [[great]], [[difficult]], or [[hazardous]] ([[clandestinely]], [[artfully]], [[when]] a [[hostile]] [[approach]] is [[spoken]] of; [[while]] aggredi indicates a [[direct]], [[open]] [[attack]] from a [[distance]]: aggredimur de [[longinquo]]; adorimur ex insidiis et ex [[proximo]]; nam adoriri est [[quasi]] ad aliquem oriri, i. e. exsurgere, [[Don]]. ad Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 50; cf. the [[same]] ad Heaut. 4, 5, 9).<br /><b>I</b> In gen., to [[approach]] a [[person]] in [[order]] to [[address]] him, to [[ask]] [[something]] of him, to [[accost]], etc. (cf. [[accedo]], [[adeo]]): [[cesso]] hunc adoriri? ([[quasi]] de improviso alloqui, [[Don]].), Ter. Heaut. 4, 5, 9: si ab eo nil fiet, tum hunc [[adorior]] hospitem, id. Phorm. 4, 2, 15.—<br /><b>II</b> Esp.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> To [[approach]] one [[with]] [[hostile]] [[intent]], to [[assault]], [[assail]], Lucil. ap. Prisc. p. 886 P.: inermem tribunum gladiis, Cic. Sest. 37: a [[tergo]] Milonem, id. Mil. 10: navem, id. Verr. 2, 5, 34 fin.: impeditos adoriebantur, Caes. B. G. 4, 26: hos [[Conon]] [[adortus]] magno [[proelio]] fugat, Nep. Con. 4: urbem vi, Liv. 1, 53: [[oppugnatio]] eos [[aliquanto]] atrocior [[quam]] [[ante]] adorta est, id. 21, 11; cf. 21, 28: praetorem ex improviso in itinere [[adortus]], Tac. A. 4, 45: variis criminationibus, id. ib. 14, 52: minis, id. H. 1, 31: jurgio, Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 50: senatum, Suet. Caes. 9.—Also absol., Hirt. B. Afr. 69.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> To [[enter]] [[upon]] [[any]] [[course]] of [[action]], esp. to [[engage]] in or [[undertake]] [[any]] [[thing]] [[difficult]] or [[dangerous]]; [[with]] acc. or inf.: commutare animum [[quicumque]] adoritur, Lucr. 3, 515: ne convellere adoriamur ea, quae non possint commoveri, Cic. de Or. 2, 51, 205; id. Att. 13, 22: Ἡρακλείδιον, si [[Brundisium]] salvi, adoriemur (sc. scribere), id. ib. 16, 2; Auct. Her. 2, 4: majus adorta [[nefas]], Ov. P. 2, 2, 16: hi dominam Ditis thalamo deducere adorti, Verg. A. 6, 397; cf. id. ib. 7, 386; Cat. 63, 11.—So esp. in the histt., Nep. [[Dion]]. 6: hanc (Munychiam) bis tyranni oppugnare sunt adorti, id. Thras. 2, 5; so also Liv. 2, 51; 28, 3; 37, 5, 32; 40, 22; 43, 21; 44, 12; cf. also 3, 44: hanc virginem [[Appius]] [[pretio]] ac spe pellicere [[adortus]].— Once in the form of the [[part]]. perf. adorsus: qui Hippiam tyrannum interficere adorsi erant, Gell. 9, 2, 10.

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