noun · femininefirst declension
orbita
orbita f (genitive orbitae)
Classical[ˈɔr.bɪ.ta]Ecclesiastical[ˈɔr.bi.ta]
Meaning
- femininea track or rut made in the ground by a wheel
- femininean impression or mark resembling a rut
- femininethe path of a heavenly body, orbit
- femininefigurativelyregular practice, routine
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | orbita | orbitae |
| genitive | orbitae | orbitārum |
| dative | orbitae | orbitīs |
| accusative | orbitam | orbitās |
| ablative | orbitā | orbitīs |
| vocative | orbita | orbitae |
orbĭta, ae, f. orbis.
I. A track or rut made in the ground by a wheel.
A. Lit. (class.):
impressa orbita, Cic. Att. 2, 21, 2; Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 3, § 6; Verg. G. 3, 293; Liv. 32, 17.—B. Trop., a track, course, path (ante-class. and poet.): neque id ab orbitā matrum familias instituti, quod, etc., Varr. ap. Non. 542, 28; Plin. 8, 58, 83, § 227; a beaten path, Quint. 2, 13, 16:
veteris culpae, i. e. bad example, Juv. 14, 37.—II. An impression, mark left by a ligature:
vinculi, Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 210.—III. A circuit, orbit:
orbita lunae, Auct. Aetn. 230: lunaris illa orbita, Sen. Q. N. 7, 10, 2.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
orbita ae, f
orbis, a track, rut: ex tensarum orbitis praedari: rota in orbitam depressa, L.— Fig., a beaten path, rut: veteris culpae, i. e. bad example, Iu.
Origins
From Proto-Italic, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃erbʰ- (“to turn”), cognate to Umbrian 𐌖𐌓𐌚𐌄𐌕𐌀 (urfeta). Possibly a substantivization Proto-Italic *orβetā of a past participle *orβetos to an iterative verb *orβeō. Compare typologically Russian колея́ (kolejá) (<< Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-). Also compare кругове́рть (krugovértʹ) (akin to верте́ть (vertétʹ)).
Descendants
- Englishorbita
- Englishorbit
- Frenchorbite
- Italianorbita
- Spanishórbita
- Franco-Provençalorbita
- Russianорбита