LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

orbus

orbus (feminine orba, neuter orbum)
Classical[ˈɔr.bʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈɔr.bus]

Meaning

  1. adjectiveorphaned, parentless; fatherless
  2. adjectivechildless
    At Romae Lepida, cui super Aemiliorum decus L. Sulla et Cn. Pompeius proavi erant, defertur simulavisse partum ex P. Quirinio divite atque orboAt Rome Lepida, who on top of having the honour of being of the Aemilian family had L. Sulla and Gn. Pompey as great-grandfathers, was accused of pretending to have given birth by P. Quirinius, a rich and childless manc. 117 CE, Tacitus, Annales 3.22
  3. adjectivewidowed
  4. adjectiveusuallywith genitivedeprived, destitute (of)

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeorbusorbaorbum
genitiveorbīorbaeorbī
dativeorbōorbaeorbō
accusativeorbumorbamorbum
ablativeorbōorbāorbō
vocativeorbeorbaorbum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeorbīorbaeorba
genitiveorbōrumorbārumorbōrum
dativeorbīsorbīsorbīs
accusativeorbōsorbāsorba
ablativeorbīsorbīsorbīs
vocativeorbīorbaeorba

orbus, a, um, adj. kindr. with Gr. ὀρφανός; cf. Fest. p. 183 Müll.,
I. bereaved, bereft, of parents or children; parentless, fatherless, childless (class.; cf. pupillus).
I. Lit.: senex, Cic. Par. 5, 2, 39; cf.: parens liberorum an orbus sit, Quint. 5, 10, 26; 7, 4, 23: filii mei, te incolumi, orbi non erunt, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 10.—With gen.: Memnonis orba mei venio, Ov. M. 13, 595.—With ab: a totidem natis orba, Ov. H. 6, 156.—Of beasts: liberis orbae oves, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 38.—Subst.: orba, ae, f., an orphan: ut orbae, qui sunt genere proximi, iis nubant, Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 75; Quint. 7, 4, 24.—Also, = vidua, a widow: censa civium capita centum quatuor milia . . . praeter orbos orbasque, orphans and widows, Liv. 3, 3, 9 (for which: praeter pupillos et viduas, id. Epit. 59; cf. Becker's Antiq. 2, 2, p. 205).—
II. Transf., deprived, bereft, destitute, devoid of any thing, esp. of something precious: arce et urbe orba sum, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44 (Trag. v. 114 Vahl.): plebs orba tribunis, Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 9: ab optimatibus contio, id. Fl. 23, 54: rebus omnibus, id. Fam. 4, 13, 3: forum litibus, Hor. C. 4, 2, 43: regio animantibus orba, without inhabitants, Ov. M. 1, 72: verba viribus, id. H. 21, 142: fide pectora, id. Am. 2, 2, 42: orbus omnibus sensibus, Vell. 1, 5, 4: cubile, empty, widowed couch, Cat. 66, 21: palmites, bereft of buds, Col. 4, 27. —
(b). With gen.: orbus auxilique opumque, Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 19: pedum, Lucr. 5, 840: luminis, Ov. M. 3, 518.

Origins

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

Gallo-Romance
  • Catalanorb
  • Occitanòrb
  • Old Frenchorbe
Ibero-Romance
  • Spanishorbo
  • Spanishhuerbo
Balkano-Romance
  • Romanianorb
  • Aromanianorbu
Italo-Dalmatian
  • Italianorbo
  • Dalmatianvuarb
  • Dalmatianuarb
  • Istriotuorbo
  • Sicilianorbu
  • Sicilianorvu
  • Venetanorbo
Rhaeto-Romance
  • Friulianvuarb
  • Romanshtschorv
  • Romanshorv
  • Romanshorb
Elsewhere
  • Emilianôrb
  • Albanianverbërfrom Vulgar Latin ōrbus

Quick answers

What does orbus mean in Latin?
orbus, a adjective, means “deprived, destitute (of)”.
How do you pronounce orbus?
In classical Latin, [ˈɔr.bʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈɔr.bus].