orbo

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Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: or‧bo

Noun

orbo

  1. vocative singular of orba

Italian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Latin orbus (orphaned, deprived) (probably a clipping of the phrase orbus ab oculīs (deprived of eyes)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃órbʰos (orphan). Compare Sicilian orbu, Romanian orb, and French aveugle from a different clipping of the phrase.

Adjective

orbo (feminine orba, masculine plural orbi, feminine plural orbe)

  1. (also figurative) blind
    Synonyms: cieco, cecato
  2. one-eyed
  3. bereft
Derived terms

Further reading

  • orbo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

orbo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of orbare

Anagrams

Karelian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *orpoi, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *orpa, a borrowing from an Indo-European language.

Noun

orbo

  1. orphan

Latin

Etymology

See orbus.

PIE word
*h₃órbʰos

Pronunciation

Verb

orbō (present infinitive orbāre, perfect active orbāvī, supine orbātum); first conjugation

  1. (transitive) to deprive (someone) of parents, children, or other dear persons
  2. (transitive, figurative) to deprive, bereave or strip (someone) of any (especially a precious) thing

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Italian: orbare (learned)
  • Spanish: orbar

Adjective

orbō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of orbus

References

  • orbo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • orbo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • orbo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to deprive a person of his eyes: luminibus orbare aliquem

Venetan

Etymology

From Latin orbus. Compare Italian orbo.

Adjective

orbo (feminine singular orba, masculine plural orbi, feminine plural orbe)

  1. blind

Synonyms