adorior

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Proto-Italic *ad-

Latin ad-

Proto-Indo-European *h₃er-der.

Proto-Italic *oriōr

Latin orior

Latin adorior

From ad- + orior.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [aˈdɔ.ri.ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [aˈdɔː.ri.or]

Verb

adorior (present infinitive adorīrī, perfect active adortus sum); fourth conjugation, deponent

1. to assail, assault, attack

   Synonyms: invādō, incessō, incurrō, impetō, aggredior, īnstō, excurrō, concurrō, oppugnō, inruō, occurrō, petō, accēdō, intrō, incēdō, incidō, irrumpō, adeō, opprimō, accurrō, appetō, arripiō, assiliō, invehō, lacessō

   Antonyms: repugnō, resistō, adversor, obversor, obstō, sistō

2. to accost, approach

   Synonyms: aggredior, prōdeō, gradior, prōficiō, prōcēdō, incēdō, prōgredior, subeō, accēdō, adeō

   Antonyms: dēgredior, dēficiō, discēdō, dēcēdō, cēdō, facessō, excēdō, dīgredior

3. to undertake, initiate, engage in

   Synonyms: incohō, incipiō, coepiō, coepī, initiō, ineō, ingredior, ōrdior, exorior, committō, aggredior

Conjugation

   Conjugation of adorior (fourth conjugation, deponent)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	adorior		adorīris, adorīre		adorītur		adorīmur		adorīminī		adoriuntur
	imperfect	adoriēbar		adoriēbāris, adoriēbāre		adoriēbātur		adoriēbāmur		adoriēbāminī		adoriēbantur
	future	adoriar		adoriēris, adoriēre		adoriētur		adoriēmur		adoriēminī		adorientur
	perfect	adortus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	adortus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	adortus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	adoriar		adoriāris, adoriāre		adoriātur		adoriāmur		adoriāminī		adoriantur
	imperfect	adorīrer		adorīrēris, adorīrēre		adorīrētur		adorīrēmur		adorīrēminī		adorīrentur
	perfect	adortus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	adortus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		adorīre		—		—		adorīminī		—
	future	—		adorītor		adorītor		—		—		adoriuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		adorīrī			—			adoriēns			—
future		adortūrum esse			—			adortūrus			adoriendus, adoriundus
perfect		adortum esse			—			adortus			—
future perfect		adortum fore			—			—			—
perfect potential		adortūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		adoriendī		adoriendō		adoriendum		adoriendō		adortum		adortū

Related terms

• adorio

References

• “adorior”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• adorior in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2026), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
• “adorior”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “adorior”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to attack the enemy in the rear: hostes a tergo adoriri