origo

Latin > English

origo originis N F :: origin, source; birth, family; race; ancestry

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

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.—
II Transf.
   A A race, stock, family, Ov. M. 1, 186: ille tamen nostrā deducit origine nomen, Verg. A. 10, 618: Vitelliorum originem alii aliam tradunt: partim veterem et nobilem, partim vero novam et obscuram, atque etiam sordidam, Suet. Vit. 1.—Of animals, Verg. G. 3, 473. —
   B Of persons, an ancestor, progenitor, founder: Aeneas, Romanae stirpis origo, Verg. A. 12, 166: celebrant carminibus antiquis Tuisconem deum terrā editum, et filium Mannum, originem gentis conditoresque, Tac. G. 2: hujus origo Ilus, Ov. M. 11, 755: mundi melioris origo, the creator, id. ib. 1, 79; cf. Stat. Th. 1, 680: eaeque (urbes) brevi multum auctae, pars originibus suis praesidio, aliae decori fuere, their mother-cities, Sall. J. 19, 1; so Liv. 26, 13; 38, 39; also in sing., id. 37, 37; Inst. 23, 1.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

(1) ŏrīgō,⁹ ĭnis, f. (orior),
1 origine, provenance, naissance : a) des choses] Cic. Tim. 9 ; [d’un peuple] Cic. Rep. 2, 3 ; [livre de Caton sur les origines de Rome] septimus liber Originum Cic. CM 38, le septième livre des Origines ; in sexta Origine Gell. 20, 5, 13, dans le sixième livre des Origines, cf. Cic. Planc. 66 ; Nep. Cato 3, 3 ; b) [de l’homme] originem ab aliquo ducere Hor. O. 3, 17, 5 ; deducere Plin. 6, 76 ; habere Plin. 15, 49 ; trahere Plin. 5, 86, tirer son origine de, descendre de
2 auteur, père d’une race : Virg. En. 12, 166 ; Tac. G. 2 ; Ov. M. 1, 79 || sang, race, famille : Suet. Vitell. 1 || métropole : pl., Sall. J. 19, 1
3 [fig.] origine, cause, source, principe [d’un gouvernement, du bien, de l’éloquence, etc.] : Cic. Rep. 2, 51 ; Fin. 2, 31 ; Br. 253.

Latin > German (Georges)

orīgo, inis, f. (orior), I) der Ursprung, principii nulla est origo, Cic.: res a parva origine orta, Liv.: ab alqo originem trahere, Liv., od. habere, Plin.: ab alqo originem ducere, Hor., deducere, Plin.: origines, die Urgeschichte, eine Schrift des älteren Kato, Cic. Planc. 66. Gell. 18, 12, 7. Serv. Verg. Aen. 1, 5: dah. M. Cato in sexta origine, im sechsten Buch seiner Urgeschichte, Gell. 20, 5, 13. – II) die Geburt, Abstammung, A) eig., Ov. u. Tac. – B) meton.: a) der Stamm, das Geschlecht, ab origine ultima stirpis Rom. generatus, aus einer sehr alten Familie, Nep.: v. Tieren, cuncta ab origine gens, Verg. – b) der Stammvater, Urvater, Ahnherr, pater Aeneas Romanae stirpis origo, Verg.: origo Iuliae gentis Aeneas, Tac.: v. zweien usw., die Stammväter, Urväter, Ahnherren, Ahnen, sunt huius origo Ilus et Assaracus, Ov.: Thuisto et Mannus origo gentis conditoresque, Tac. – übtr., die Mutterstadt von Kolonien, Sall. u.a. Histor. (s. Fabri u. Dietsch Sall. Iug. 19, 1); u. bildl. gleichs. das Mutterland von etwas, Iudaea origo eius mali, Tac. – c) der Urheber, melioris mundi, Ov.: Pegasus huius origo fontis, Ov. – d) die Ursubstanz, Plur., Chalcid. Tim. 27 u. 292.

Latin > Chinese

origo, inis. f. :: 根原。講究。來歷。Modicus originis 卑家出身。Origines nominum 言之根由。Originem ducere ab eo 為其後代。自彼出。Origines 出新民之郡邑。