originate Copy link Outline I. Trans.II. Intrans.1. ŏrior, ortus, 3 and 42. expr. by princĭpium, ĭnĭtium, and a verb3. prŏfĭciscor, fectus, 3 (to start from)4. ēmāno, 1 • originate: I. Trans.: Phr.: or whether all things were o.d by the gods, an a diis a principio omnia facta et constituta sint, Cic. N. D. 1, 1, 2: to o. a free state, prima initia inchoare libertatis, Liv. 3, 54, med.: that which o.s motion in anything, quod motum affert alicui rei, Cic. Rep. 6, 25: v. to begin. II. Intrans.: 1. ŏrior, ortus, 3 and 4: it is in the first principle that all things o., ex principio oriuntur omnia, Cic. Rep. l. c.: this (mischief) o.d in you, hoc abs te est ortum, Ter. Andr. 3, 2, 9. 2. expr. by princĭpium, ĭnĭtium, and a verb: the movement of other things o.s here, ceteris (rebus) hoc principium est movendi, Cic. Rep. l. c.: a war o.ing in famine, bellum quod a fame initium ducit, id. Att. 9, 9, med.: whence all things o.d, quae sint initia rerum, ex quibus nascuntur omnia, id. Div. 2, 3, 11: (the fire) o.d in a part of the circus, initium (incendii) in parte circi ortum, Tac. A. 15, 38. 3. prŏfĭciscor, fectus, 3 (to start from): the sinews which (like the veins and arteries) o. in the heart, nervi qui sicut venae et arteriae a corde (tracti et) profecti, Cic. N. D. 2, 55, extr.: so of sects o.ing in a certain master, id. Div. 1, 3, 5. 4. ēmāno, 1: v. TO PROCEED FROM. See also to begin, spring.