orbus

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃órbʰos (orphan), from *h₃erbʰ- (to change ownership). Cognate with Ancient Greek ὀρφανός (orphanós, orphaned), Sanskrit अर्भ (árbha, small), Old Armenian որբ (orb, orphan). Compare Late Latin orphanus.

PIE word
*h₃órbʰos

Pronunciation

Adjective

orbus (feminine orba, neuter orbum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (with genitive or ab + ablative) bereaved, bereft, deprived (of) by death
    1. orphaned, parentless; fatherless
    2. childless
    3. widowed
  2. (in general, with genitive, ablative or ab) deprived, destitute (of)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative orbus orba orbum orbī orbae orba
genitive orbī orbae orbī orbōrum orbārum orbōrum
dative orbō orbae orbō orbīs
accusative orbum orbam orbum orbōs orbās orba
ablative orbō orbā orbō orbīs
vocative orbe orba orbum orbī orbae orba

Derived terms

Descendants

In all descendants the term acquired the meaning “blind”, from a construction such as *orbus ab oculīs (deprived of eyes).

  • Balkano-Romance:
    • Aromanian: orbu
    • Romanian: orb
  • Italo-Dalmatian:
  • Rhaeto-Romance:
  • Gallo-Romance:
  • Ibero-Romance:
  • Vulgar Latin: ōrbus

References

  • orbus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • orbus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "orbus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • orbus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • orbus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin