orbitas

orbĭtas, ātis, f. [orbus], bereavement of parents or children, of a husband or other dear person, childlessness, orphanage, widowhood (class.).

I.

Lit.:

in orbitatem liberos producere,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 105:

bonum liberi, misera orbitas,

Cic. Fin. 5, 28, 84:

familiaris,

Liv. 26, 41, 9:

mea, quod sine liberis sum,

Curt. 6, 9, 12:

tutorem instituere (filiorum) orbitati,

Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 228:

horum uxores cum viderent exsilio additam orbitatem,

Just. 2, 4, 4:

maximā orbitate rei publicae virorum talium,

at a time when the state is greatly in want of such men, Cic. Fam. 10, 3, 3.—In plur.:

orbitates liberūm,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 6, 16; 5, 9, 24; 3, 24, 58; Lact. 1, 21, 11; Sol. 40, 44; Arn. 5, 188.—

II.

Transf., in gen., a deprivation or loss of a thing (post-Aug.): luminis ( of an eye ), Plin. 7, 37, 37, § 124:

tecti,

id. 35, 3, 6, § 17.— Absol., blindness, App. M. 8, 12 fin.