ordĭno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [ordo], to order, set in order, arrange, adjust, dispose, regulate.
I In gen. (class.; syn.: dispenso, dispono): copias, Nep. Iph. 2, 2; so, milites, Liv. 29, 1: agmina, Hor. Epod. 17, 9; and: aciem, Just. 11, 9, 8: arbusta latius sulcis, Hor. C. 3, 1, 9: vineam paribus intervallis, Col. 3, 13: res suas suo arbitrio, Sen. Ep. 9, 14: partes orationis, Cic. Inv. 1, 14, 9: litem, id. de Or. 2, 10, 43: causam, Dig. 40, 12, 24: judicium, ib. 40, 12, 25: testamentum, ib. 5, 2, 2: bibliothecas, Suet. Gram. 21.—
B Transf.: cupiditates improbas, to arrange , draw up in order of battle , Sen. Ep. 10, 2: publicas res (= συντάττειν, componere), to draw up in order , to narrate the history of public events , Hor. C. 2, 1, 10 (antiquitatem) totam in eo volumine exposuerit, quo magistratus ordinavit, i. e. recorded events according to the years of the magistrates , Nep. Att. 18, 1: cum omnia ordinarentur, Cic. Sull. 19, 53.—
II In partic. (post-Aug.).
A To rule , govern a country: statum liberarum civitatum, Plin. Ep. 8, 24, 7: Macedoniam, Flor. 2, 16: provinciam, Suet. Galb. 7: Orientem, id. Aug. 13.—
B To ordain , appoint to office : magistratus, Suet. Caes. 76: tribunatus, praefecturas, et ducatus, to dispose of , give away , Just. 30, 2, 5; so, filium in successionem regni, Just. 17, 1, 4.—Hence,
C (Eccl. Lat.) To ordain as a priest or pastor, to admit to a clerical office , Lampr. Alex. Sev. 45; Cassiod. Hist. Eccl. 9, 36; cf.: in ministerium sanctorum ordinaverunt se ipsos, Vulg. 1 Cor. 16, 15.
VII —Hence, ordĭ-nātus , a, um, P. a., well ordered , orderly , ordained , appointed (class.): compositus ordinatusque vir, Sen. Vit. Beat. 8, 3: igneae formae cursus ordinatos definiunt, perform their appointed courses , Cic. N. D. 2, 40, 101.— Comp. : vita ordinatior, Sen. Ep. 74, 25: pars mundi ordinatior, Sen. Ira, 3, 6.— Sup. : meatus ordinatissimi, Ap. Deo Socr. p. 42.—Hence, adv.: ordĭnā-tē , in an orderly manner , in order , methodically (not in Cic. or Caes.; cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 811; v. ordinatim): tamquam (astra) non possent tam disposite, tam ordinate moveri, Lact. 2, 5, 15: ordinate disponere, Auct. Her. 4, 56, 69 dub.— Comp. : ordinatius retractare, Tert. adv. Marc. 1, 19 init.—Sup. : ordinatissime subjunxit, Aug. Retract. 1, 24.