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Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
orbo
- 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)
- (also figurative) blind
- Synonyms: cieco, cecato
- one-eyed
- 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
- 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
- orphan
Latin
Etymology
See orbus.
Pronunciation
Verb
orbō (present infinitive orbāre, perfect active orbāvī, supine orbātum); first conjugation
- (transitive) to deprive (someone) of parents, children, or other dear persons
- (transitive, figurative) to deprive, bereave or strip (someone) of any (especially a precious) thing
Conjugation
Descendants
Adjective
orbō
- 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)
- blind
Synonyms