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oro

oro

See also: óro, oró, oro-, and óró

Basque

Adjective

oro

  1. all

Catalan

Verb

oro

  1. first-person singular present indicative form of orar

Esperanto

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈoro/
  • Hyphenation: o‧ro

Noun

oro (uncountable, accusative oron)

  1. gold

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Finnish

Etymology

Alternative of ori

Noun

oro

  1. (rare, poetic) stallion

Declension

Inflection of oro (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative oro orot
genitive oron orojen
partitive oroa oroja
illative oroon oroihin
singular plural
nominative oro orot
accusative nom. oro orot
gen. oron
genitive oron orojen
partitive oroa oroja
inessive orossa oroissa
elative orosta oroista
illative oroon oroihin
adessive orolla oroilla
ablative orolta oroilta
allative orolle oroille
essive orona oroina
translative oroksi oroiksi
instructive oroin
abessive orotta oroitta
comitative oroineen

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Galician

Verb

oro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of orar

Ido

Noun

oro (plural ori)

  1. gold

Italian

Etymology

From Latin aurum, from Proto-Italic *auzom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂é-h₂us-o- (glow).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɔ.ro/, [ˈɔːr̺o]
  • Hyphenation: ò‧ro

Noun

Chemical element
Au Previous: platino (Pt)
Next: mercurio (Hg)

oro m (plural ori)

  1. (chemistry) gold
  2. (sports) gold, gold medal
  3. gold (colour)
  4. (heraldry) or
  5. (in the plural) gold jewels
  6. (figuratively) gold, money, wealth

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Adjective

oro (invariable)

  1. gold (in colour)

Japanese

Romanization

oro

  1. rōmaji reading of おろ

Latin

Etymology

From ōs, ōris (mouth)[1].
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- (to pronounce a ritual); see also Hittite 𒅈𒌋𒉿𒄿 (to worship, revere), 𒅈𒄿𒄿𒀀𒄿 (to consult an oracle), Attic Greek ἀρά (ará, prayer), and Sanskrit आर्यन्ति (āryanti, praise).

Pronunciation

Verb

ōrō (present infinitive ōrāre, perfect active ōrāvī, supine ōrātum); first conjugation

  1. I orate, deliver a speech
  2. I plead, beg
  3. I pray, entreat

Inflection

   Conjugation of oro (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present ōrō ōrās ōrat ōrāmus ōrātis ōrant
imperfect ōrābam ōrābās ōrābat ōrābāmus ōrābātis ōrābant
future ōrābō ōrābis ōrābit ōrābimus ōrābitis ōrābunt
perfect ōrāvī ōrāvistī ōrāvit ōrāvimus ōrāvistis ōrāvērunt, ōrāvēre
pluperfect ōrāveram ōrāverās ōrāverat ōrāverāmus ōrāverātis ōrāverant
future perfect ōrāverō ōrāveris ōrāverit ōrāverimus ōrāveritis ōrāverint
passive present ōror ōrāris, ōrāre ōrātur ōrāmur ōrāminī ōrantur
imperfect ōrābar ōrābāris, ōrābāre ōrābātur ōrābāmur ōrābāminī ōrābantur
future ōrābor ōrāberis, ōrābere ōrābitur ōrābimur ōrābiminī ōrābuntur
perfect ōrātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect ōrātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect ōrātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present ōrem ōrēs ōret ōrēmus ōrētis ōrent
imperfect ōrārem ōrārēs ōrāret ōrārēmus ōrārētis ōrārent
perfect ōrāverim ōrāverīs ōrāverit ōrāverīmus ōrāverītis ōrāverint
pluperfect ōrāvissem ōrāvissēs ōrāvisset ōrāvissēmus ōrāvissētis ōrāvissent
passive present ōrer ōrēris, ōrēre ōrētur ōrēmur ōrēminī ōrentur
imperfect ōrārer ōrārēris, ōrārēre ōrārētur ōrārēmur ōrārēminī ōrārentur
perfect ōrātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect ōrātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present ōrā ōrāte
future ōrātō ōrātō ōrātōte ōrantō
passive present ōrāre ōrāminī
future ōrātor ōrātor ōrantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives ōrāre ōrāvisse ōrātūrus esse ōrārī ōrātus esse ōrātum īrī
participles ōrāns ōrātūrus ōrātus ōrandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
ōrāre ōrandī ōrandō ōrandum ōrātum ōrātū

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References

  • oro in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • oro in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Félix Gaffiot (1934), “oro”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
  • Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to entreat earnestly; to make urgent requests: orare et obsecrare aliquem
    • to crave humbly; to supplicate: supplicibus verbis orare
    • to address the court (of the advocate): causam dicere, orare (Brut. 12. 47)
    • (ambiguous) to draw every one's eyes upon one: omnium oculos (et ora) ad se convertere
    • (ambiguous) to be in every one's mouth: per omnium ora ferri
    • (ambiguous) to be a subject for gossip: in ora vulgi abire
    • (ambiguous) the storm drives some one on an unknown coast: procella (tempestas) aliquem ex alto ad ignotas terras (oras) defert
  1. oro in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Lithuanian

Noun

oro m

  1. genitive of oras

Northern Sami

Verb

oro

  1. inflection of orrut:
    1. present indicative connegative
    2. second-person singular imperative
    3. imperative connegative

Portuguese

Verb

oro

  1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of orar

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

oro n

  1. hora

Spanish

Chemical element
Au Previous: platino (Pt)
Next: mercurio (Hg)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈo.ɾo/

Etymology 1

From Latin aurum (compare Catalan or, Dalmatian jaur, French or, Galician ouro, Italian oro, Occitan aur, Portuguese ouro, Romanian aur), from Proto-Italic *auzom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂é-h₂us-o- (glow).

Noun

oro m (plural oros)

  1. gold

Adjective

oro m, f (plural oros)

  1. (heraldry) or
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Etymology 2

Verb

oro

  1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of orar.

Swedish

Etymology

o- + ro, the negation of ro (rest, peace), from Old Swedish. Definition 3 is likely a direct loan from German Unruh (balance wheel).

Pronunciation

Noun

oro c

  1. (archaic, uncountable) unrest
  2. (uncountable) worry, fear, anxiety, nervousness
  3. a balance wheel, regulating the speed of a clockwork

Declension

Inflection of oro 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative oro oron oror ororna
Genitive oros orons orors orornas
Inflection of oro 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative oro oron oroar oroarna
Genitive oros orons oroars oroarnas

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