exordium

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Latin exōrdium (beginning, commencement), from exōrdior (I begin, commence), from ex (out of, from) + ōrdior (I begin).

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ɛɡˈzɔːdɪəm/

[edit] Noun

exordium (plural exordiums or exordia)

  1. a beginning
  2. the introduction to a paper or discourse
    • 1985, Anthony Burgess, Kingdom of the Wicked
      This is a feeble article of faith to begin with, but it helps to push my pen through this exordium and what now follows.

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[edit] Latin

[edit] Noun

exordium (genitive exordiī); n, second declension

  1. beginning, commencement
  2. introduction, preface

[edit] Inflection

Number Singular Plural
nominative exordium exordia
genitive exordiī exordiōrum
dative exordiō exordiīs
accusative exordium exordia
ablative exordiō exordiīs
vocative exordium exordia
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