orbus

orbus, a, um, adj. [kindr. with Gr. orphanos; cf. Fest. p. 183 Müll.], 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. —

(β).

With gen.:

orbus auxilique opumque,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 19:

pedum,

Lucr. 5, 840:

luminis,

Ov. M. 3, 518.