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|lshtext=<b>orbis</b>: is (nom. orbs, Ven. Carm. 8, 5. —<br /><b>I</b> Abl. regul. orbe; [[but]] orbi, Lucr. 5, 74: ex orbi, Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 16; Rutil. ap. [[Charis]]. p. 112 P.: orbi terrae, in the [[meaning]] in the [[world]], Cic. Sest. 30, 66; so, orbi terrarum, id. Verr. 2, 4, 38, § 82 Halm; id. Dom. 10, 24; id. Fragm. ap. [[Charis]]. p. 112 P.), m. etym. dub.; perh. [[akin]] to Sanscr. dhvar, [[bend]], [[twist]], [[any]] [[thing]] of a [[circular]] [[shape]], a [[ring]], [[round]] [[surface]], [[disk]], [[hoop]], [[orbit]], [[orb]], a [[circle]] ([[class]].; cf.: [[circus]], [[circulus]], [[gyrus]], [[spira]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: in orbem torquere, Cic. Univ. 7: curvare aliquid in orbem, Ov. M. 2, 715: certumque equitavit in orbem, id. ib. 12, 468.—Of a [[ring]]: et digitum justo [[commodus]] orbe teras, [[fit]] [[exactly]], Ov. Am. 2, 15, 6: unionum, [[roundness]], Plin. 9, 35, 56, § 113.—Of a [[circle]] formed by men: ut in orbem consisterent, [[place]] [[themselves]] in a [[circle]], form a [[circle]], Caes. B. G. 5, 33: cum [[illi]], orbe [[facto]], se defenderent, id. ib. 4, 37: orbem volventes suos increpans, Liv. 4, 28: in orbem pugnare, id. 28, 22, 15: in orbem [[sese]] stantibus equis defendere, id. 28, 33, 15: [[stella]] (φαέθων) eundem [[duodecim]] signorum orbem annis [[duodecim]] conficit, the zodiac, Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 52: [[lacteus]], the Milky Way, id. Rep. 6, 16, 16.—Of the [[orbit]] of a [[heavenly]] [[body]]: sidera circulos suos orbesque conficiunt, Cic. Rep. 6, 15, 15.—Of a [[serpent]], the windings, coils: immensis orbibus angues Incumbunt pelago, Verg. A. 2, 204.—Of a [[circular]] [[surface]] or [[disk]]: [[orbis]] mensae, a [[round]] [[table]]-[[top]], Ov. H. 17, 87; cf. Juv. 11, 122.—Also, [[simply]] orbes, a [[round]] [[table]], Mart. 2, 43; Juv. 1, 137.—Of a [[quoit]] or [[discus]]: [[ictus]] ab orbe, Ov. Ib. 590.—Of the [[scale]] of a [[balance]]: [[instabilis]] natat [[alterno]] depressior orbe, Tib. 4, 1, 44.—Of a [[mirror]]: addidit et nitidum sacratis crinibus orbem, Mart. 9, 18, 5.—Of a [[shield]]: [[illa]] ([[hasta]]) per orbem Aere [[cavum]] triplici ... Transiit, Verg. A. 10, 783; Petr. 89.—Of a mosaic pavement of [[rounded]] pieces of [[marble]], Juv. 11, 175.—Of a [[scale]], one [[side]] of a [[balance]], Tib. 4, 1, 44.—Of the millstones of an [[oil]]-[[mill]], [[Cato]], R. R. 22.—Of the [[wooden]] [[disk]] placed [[over]] olives in [[pressing]] [[them]], [[Cato]], R. R. 18.—Of the [[hoop]] or [[tire]] of a [[wheel]]: rotarum orbes circumacti, Plin. 8, 16, 19, § 52.—Of the [[wheel]] itself: undaque jam [[tergo]] ferratos sustinet orbes, Verg. G. 3, 361.—Hence, the [[wheel]] of [[fortune]], Tib. 1, 5, 70; Ov. Tr. 5, 8, 7; id. P. 2, 3, 56.—Of the [[socket]] of the [[eye]]: inanem luminis orbem, Ov. M. 14, 200.—Of the [[eye]] itself: [[gemino]] [[lumen]] ab orbe venit, Ov. Am. 1, 8, 16: ardentes oculorum orbes ad [[moenia]] torsit, Verg. A. 12, 670.—Of the [[sun]]'s [[disk]] or [[orb]]: [[lucidus]] [[orbis]], Verg. G. 1, 459.—Of the [[moon]]'s [[disk]] or [[orb]]: [[quater]] junctis implevit cornibus orbem [[Luna]], [[quater]] plenum tenuata retexuit orbem, Ov. M. 7, 530.—Of the [[circle]] of the [[world]], the [[world]], the [[universe]]: [[Juppiter]] arce suā totum cum spectet in orbem, Ov. F. 1, 85: [[renatus]], the [[new]]-[[born]] [[day]], Sil. 5, 56: terrarum or terrae, the [[circle]] or [[orb]] of the [[earth]], the [[world]] ([[since]] the ancients regarded the [[earth]] as a [[circular]] [[plane]] or [[disk]]): permittitur infinita [[potestas]] [[orbis]] terrarum, Cic. Agr. 2, 13, 33: [[ager]] Campanus [[orbis]] terrae pulcherrimus, id. ib. 2, 28, 76; id. Sest. 30, 66: [[cunctus]] ob Italiam terrarum clauditur [[orbis]]? Verg. A. 1, 233; cf. id. ib. 7, 224.—Also, [[simply]] [[orbis]] (so [[mostly]] [[poet]].): hic, ubi [[nunc]] [[Roma]] est [[orbis]] [[caput]], [[arbor]] et herbae, Ov. F. 5, 93: [[unus]], Juv. 10, 168; 4, 148: [[universus]], Vulg. Luc. 2, 1; id. Apoc. 12, 9.—Hence, a [[country]], [[region]], [[territory]]: Eoo [[dives]] ab orbe redit, the East, Ov. F. 3, 466: Assyrius, Juv. 2, 108: [[noster]], Plin. 12, 12, 26, § 45.—A [[kind]] of [[fish]], Plin. 32, 2, 5, § 14 Sillig; cf. Isid. Orig. 12, 6, 6.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop., a [[circle]].<br /> <b>A</b> Of things [[that]] [[return]] at a [[certain]] [[period]] of [[time]], a [[rotation]], [[round]], [[circuit]]: ut [[idem]] in singulos annos [[orbis]] volveretur, Liv. 3, 10: [[insigne]] regium in orbem per omnes iret, in [[rotation]], id. 3, 36: [[orbis]] hic in re publicā est [[conversus]], the [[circle]] of [[political]] changes, Cic. Att. 2, 9, 1.—<br /> <b>B</b> Orbis doctrinae, an encyclopœdia: [[orbis]] [[ille]] doctrinae [[quam]] [[Graeci]] ἐγκύκλιον παιδείαν vocant, Quint. 1, 10, 1.—<br /> <b>C</b> Of [[speech]], a rounding [[off]], [[roundness]], [[rotundity]]: circuitum, et [[quasi]] orbem verborum conficere, Cic. de Or. 3, 51, 198: orationis, id. Or. 71, 234: [[historia]] non tam finitos numeros [[quam]] orbem quendam contextumque desiderat, Quint. 9, 4, 129.—<br /> <b>D</b> A [[circle]] or [[cycle]] of [[thought]]: sententiae Pyrrhonis in hunc orbem quem circumscripsimus, incidere non possunt, Cic. Fin. 5, 8, 23; cf.: [[circa]] vilem patulumque orbem, Hor. A. P. 132.—<br /> <b>E</b> Esp.: in orbem [[ire]], to go the rounds, go [[around]]: [[quinque]] dierum spatio finiebatur [[imperium]] ac per omnes in orbem ibant, in [[turn]], Liv. 1, 17, 6; 3, 36, 3. | |lshtext=<b>orbis</b>: is (nom. orbs, Ven. Carm. 8, 5. —<br /><b>I</b> Abl. regul. orbe; [[but]] orbi, Lucr. 5, 74: ex orbi, Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 16; Rutil. ap. [[Charis]]. p. 112 P.: orbi terrae, in the [[meaning]] in the [[world]], Cic. Sest. 30, 66; so, orbi terrarum, id. Verr. 2, 4, 38, § 82 Halm; id. Dom. 10, 24; id. Fragm. ap. [[Charis]]. p. 112 P.), m. etym. dub.; perh. [[akin]] to Sanscr. dhvar, [[bend]], [[twist]], [[any]] [[thing]] of a [[circular]] [[shape]], a [[ring]], [[round]] [[surface]], [[disk]], [[hoop]], [[orbit]], [[orb]], a [[circle]] ([[class]].; cf.: [[circus]], [[circulus]], [[gyrus]], [[spira]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: in orbem torquere, Cic. Univ. 7: curvare aliquid in orbem, Ov. M. 2, 715: certumque equitavit in orbem, id. ib. 12, 468.—Of a [[ring]]: et digitum justo [[commodus]] orbe teras, [[fit]] [[exactly]], Ov. Am. 2, 15, 6: unionum, [[roundness]], Plin. 9, 35, 56, § 113.—Of a [[circle]] formed by men: ut in orbem consisterent, [[place]] [[themselves]] in a [[circle]], form a [[circle]], Caes. B. G. 5, 33: cum [[illi]], orbe [[facto]], se defenderent, id. ib. 4, 37: orbem volventes suos increpans, Liv. 4, 28: in orbem pugnare, id. 28, 22, 15: in orbem [[sese]] stantibus equis defendere, id. 28, 33, 15: [[stella]] (φαέθων) eundem [[duodecim]] signorum orbem annis [[duodecim]] conficit, the zodiac, Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 52: [[lacteus]], the Milky Way, id. Rep. 6, 16, 16.—Of the [[orbit]] of a [[heavenly]] [[body]]: sidera circulos suos orbesque conficiunt, Cic. Rep. 6, 15, 15.—Of a [[serpent]], the windings, coils: immensis orbibus angues Incumbunt pelago, Verg. A. 2, 204.—Of a [[circular]] [[surface]] or [[disk]]: [[orbis]] mensae, a [[round]] [[table]]-[[top]], Ov. H. 17, 87; cf. Juv. 11, 122.—Also, [[simply]] orbes, a [[round]] [[table]], Mart. 2, 43; Juv. 1, 137.—Of a [[quoit]] or [[discus]]: [[ictus]] ab orbe, Ov. Ib. 590.—Of the [[scale]] of a [[balance]]: [[instabilis]] natat [[alterno]] depressior orbe, Tib. 4, 1, 44.—Of a [[mirror]]: addidit et nitidum sacratis crinibus orbem, Mart. 9, 18, 5.—Of a [[shield]]: [[illa]] ([[hasta]]) per orbem Aere [[cavum]] triplici ... Transiit, Verg. A. 10, 783; Petr. 89.—Of a mosaic pavement of [[rounded]] pieces of [[marble]], Juv. 11, 175.—Of a [[scale]], one [[side]] of a [[balance]], Tib. 4, 1, 44.—Of the millstones of an [[oil]]-[[mill]], [[Cato]], R. R. 22.—Of the [[wooden]] [[disk]] placed [[over]] olives in [[pressing]] [[them]], [[Cato]], R. R. 18.—Of the [[hoop]] or [[tire]] of a [[wheel]]: rotarum orbes circumacti, Plin. 8, 16, 19, § 52.—Of the [[wheel]] itself: undaque jam [[tergo]] ferratos sustinet orbes, Verg. G. 3, 361.—Hence, the [[wheel]] of [[fortune]], Tib. 1, 5, 70; Ov. Tr. 5, 8, 7; id. P. 2, 3, 56.—Of the [[socket]] of the [[eye]]: inanem luminis orbem, Ov. M. 14, 200.—Of the [[eye]] itself: [[gemino]] [[lumen]] ab orbe venit, Ov. Am. 1, 8, 16: ardentes oculorum orbes ad [[moenia]] torsit, Verg. A. 12, 670.—Of the [[sun]]'s [[disk]] or [[orb]]: [[lucidus]] [[orbis]], Verg. G. 1, 459.—Of the [[moon]]'s [[disk]] or [[orb]]: [[quater]] junctis implevit cornibus orbem [[Luna]], [[quater]] plenum tenuata retexuit orbem, Ov. M. 7, 530.—Of the [[circle]] of the [[world]], the [[world]], the [[universe]]: [[Juppiter]] arce suā totum cum spectet in orbem, Ov. F. 1, 85: [[renatus]], the [[new]]-[[born]] [[day]], Sil. 5, 56: terrarum or terrae, the [[circle]] or [[orb]] of the [[earth]], the [[world]] ([[since]] the ancients regarded the [[earth]] as a [[circular]] [[plane]] or [[disk]]): permittitur infinita [[potestas]] [[orbis]] terrarum, Cic. Agr. 2, 13, 33: [[ager]] Campanus [[orbis]] terrae pulcherrimus, id. ib. 2, 28, 76; id. Sest. 30, 66: [[cunctus]] ob Italiam terrarum clauditur [[orbis]]? Verg. A. 1, 233; cf. id. ib. 7, 224.—Also, [[simply]] [[orbis]] (so [[mostly]] [[poet]].): hic, ubi [[nunc]] [[Roma]] est [[orbis]] [[caput]], [[arbor]] et herbae, Ov. F. 5, 93: [[unus]], Juv. 10, 168; 4, 148: [[universus]], Vulg. Luc. 2, 1; id. Apoc. 12, 9.—Hence, a [[country]], [[region]], [[territory]]: Eoo [[dives]] ab orbe redit, the East, Ov. F. 3, 466: Assyrius, Juv. 2, 108: [[noster]], Plin. 12, 12, 26, § 45.—A [[kind]] of [[fish]], Plin. 32, 2, 5, § 14 Sillig; cf. Isid. Orig. 12, 6, 6.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop., a [[circle]].<br /> <b>A</b> Of things [[that]] [[return]] at a [[certain]] [[period]] of [[time]], a [[rotation]], [[round]], [[circuit]]: ut [[idem]] in singulos annos [[orbis]] volveretur, Liv. 3, 10: [[insigne]] regium in orbem per omnes iret, in [[rotation]], id. 3, 36: [[orbis]] hic in re publicā est [[conversus]], the [[circle]] of [[political]] changes, Cic. Att. 2, 9, 1.—<br /> <b>B</b> Orbis doctrinae, an encyclopœdia: [[orbis]] [[ille]] doctrinae [[quam]] [[Graeci]] ἐγκύκλιον παιδείαν vocant, Quint. 1, 10, 1.—<br /> <b>C</b> Of [[speech]], a rounding [[off]], [[roundness]], [[rotundity]]: circuitum, et [[quasi]] orbem verborum conficere, Cic. de Or. 3, 51, 198: orationis, id. Or. 71, 234: [[historia]] non tam finitos numeros [[quam]] orbem quendam contextumque desiderat, Quint. 9, 4, 129.—<br /> <b>D</b> A [[circle]] or [[cycle]] of [[thought]]: sententiae Pyrrhonis in hunc orbem quem circumscripsimus, incidere non possunt, Cic. Fin. 5, 8, 23; cf.: [[circa]] vilem patulumque orbem, Hor. A. P. 132.—<br /> <b>E</b> Esp.: in orbem [[ire]], to go the rounds, go [[around]]: [[quinque]] dierum spatio finiebatur [[imperium]] ac per omnes in orbem ibant, in [[turn]], Liv. 1, 17, 6; 3, 36, 3. | ||
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|gf=<b>orbis</b>,⁷ is, m.<br /> <b>I</b> toute espèce de cercle :<br /><b>1</b> in orbem torquere [[aliquid]] Cic. Tim. 24 ; curvare Ov. M. 2, 715, courber qqch. en cercle ; suum saltatorium orbem versare Cic. Pis. 22, exécuter ses mouvements de danse circulaires ; sidera orbes suos conficiunt Cic. Rep. 6, 15, les astres accomplissent leurs cercles, leurs révolutions || [en part.] cercle formé par les troupes, formation en cercle [cf. en carré] : orbem facere Cæs. G. 4, 37, 2 ; in orbem consistere Cæs. G. 5, 33, 3, former le cercle, se former en cercle, ou orbem colligere, volvere Liv. 2, 50, 7 ; 22, 29, 5 ; orbes facere Sall. J. 97, 5, prendre des formations en cercle ; in orbem pugnare Liv. 28, 22, 15, combattre dans la formation en cercle || [[per]] omnes in orbem [[imperium]] ibat Liv. 1, 17, 6, l’autorité se transmettait à tous en faisant le tour, cf. Liv. 3, 36, 3<br /><b>2</b> [fig.] <b> a)</b> cercle, cours des affaires : sperabam [[sic]] orbem [[rei]] publicæ [[esse]] conversum, ut [[vix]] sonitum audire, [[vix]] impressam orbitam videre possemus Cic. Att. 2, 21, 2, j’espérais que le char de l’État tournerait (changerait de direction), sans que nous puissions presque entendre le bruit, presque voir la trace des roues, cf. Cic. Att. 2, 9, 1 ; ut [[idem]] in singulos annos [[orbis]] volveretur Liv. 3, 10, 8, pour que le même cercle d’événements se déroulât chaque année, cf. Liv. 42, 42, 6 ; redit agricolis [[labor]] [[actus]] in orbem Virg. G. 2, 401, roule dans un cercle perpétuel le cours des travaux du laboureur ; cf. La Font. F. 10, 1, 55 : Parcourant sans cesser ce long cercle de peines ; <b> b)</b> cercle d’une discussion : in [[hunc]] orbem, quem circumscripsimus, incidere, Cic. Fin. 5, 23, rentrer dans le cercle que nous avons tracé pour notre discussion ; <b> c)</b> cercle de connaissances : [[orbis]] doctrinæ Quint. 1, 10, 1, encyclopédie de connaissances ; <b> d)</b> [rhét.] période : [[orbis]] verborum Cic. de Or. 3, 198 ; orationis Cic. Or. 234, tour bien arrondi de la phrase.<br /> <b>II</b> toute surface circulaire<br /><b>1</b> disque : [dessus de table rond] Ov. H. 17, 87 || [disque du soleil, de la lune] Virg. G. 1, 459 ; Ov. M. 7, 530 || [[orbis]] terræ ou terrarum Cic. Agr. 2, 76 ; 2, 33, disque de la Terre [d’après les idées anciennes, pour nous globe terrestre] || [poét.] [[orbis]] seul = Terre ou région, contrée Ov. F. 5, 93 ; Ov. F. 3, 466 ; Juv. 2, 108<br /><b>2</b> [sens divers] : [plateau de table] Juv. 1, 137 ; [plaque ronde de mosaïque] Juv. 11, 175 ; [plateau de balance] Tib. 4, 1, 44 ; [miroir] Mart. 9, 18, 5 ; [bouclier] Virg. En. 10, 783 ; [roue] Virg. G. 3, 361 ; [roue de la Fortune] Tib. 1, 5, 70 ; Ov. Tr. 5, 8, 7 ; [orbite de l’œil] Ov. M. 14, 200 ; [œil] Ov. Am. 1, 8, 16 ; [tambourin] Suet. Aug. 68 [jeu de mots avec sens de globe terrestre] || sorte de poisson : Plin. 32, 14. qqf. abl. orbi : Lucr. 5, 74 ; 5, 707, etc. ; [[Varro]] R. 3, 5, 16 ; 3, 16, 5 || [locatif] orbi terrarum dans l’univers : Cic. Rep. 5, 10 ; Verr. 2, 4, 82 ; Domo 24 ; ou orbi terræ Cic. Sest. 66 ; v. Char. 139, 20. | |||
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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
orbis: is (nom. orbs, Ven. Carm. 8, 5. —
I Abl. regul. orbe; but orbi, Lucr. 5, 74: ex orbi, Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 16; Rutil. ap. Charis. p. 112 P.: orbi terrae, in the meaning in the world, Cic. Sest. 30, 66; so, orbi terrarum, id. Verr. 2, 4, 38, § 82 Halm; id. Dom. 10, 24; id. Fragm. ap. Charis. p. 112 P.), m. etym. dub.; perh. akin to Sanscr. dhvar, bend, twist, any thing of a circular shape, a ring, round surface, disk, hoop, orbit, orb, a circle (class.; cf.: circus, circulus, gyrus, spira).
I Lit.: in orbem torquere, Cic. Univ. 7: curvare aliquid in orbem, Ov. M. 2, 715: certumque equitavit in orbem, id. ib. 12, 468.—Of a ring: et digitum justo commodus orbe teras, fit exactly, Ov. Am. 2, 15, 6: unionum, roundness, Plin. 9, 35, 56, § 113.—Of a circle formed by men: ut in orbem consisterent, place themselves in a circle, form a circle, Caes. B. G. 5, 33: cum illi, orbe facto, se defenderent, id. ib. 4, 37: orbem volventes suos increpans, Liv. 4, 28: in orbem pugnare, id. 28, 22, 15: in orbem sese stantibus equis defendere, id. 28, 33, 15: stella (φαέθων) eundem duodecim signorum orbem annis duodecim conficit, the zodiac, Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 52: lacteus, the Milky Way, id. Rep. 6, 16, 16.—Of the orbit of a heavenly body: sidera circulos suos orbesque conficiunt, Cic. Rep. 6, 15, 15.—Of a serpent, the windings, coils: immensis orbibus angues Incumbunt pelago, Verg. A. 2, 204.—Of a circular surface or disk: orbis mensae, a round table-top, Ov. H. 17, 87; cf. Juv. 11, 122.—Also, simply orbes, a round table, Mart. 2, 43; Juv. 1, 137.—Of a quoit or discus: ictus ab orbe, Ov. Ib. 590.—Of the scale of a balance: instabilis natat alterno depressior orbe, Tib. 4, 1, 44.—Of a mirror: addidit et nitidum sacratis crinibus orbem, Mart. 9, 18, 5.—Of a shield: illa (hasta) per orbem Aere cavum triplici ... Transiit, Verg. A. 10, 783; Petr. 89.—Of a mosaic pavement of rounded pieces of marble, Juv. 11, 175.—Of a scale, one side of a balance, Tib. 4, 1, 44.—Of the millstones of an oil-mill, Cato, R. R. 22.—Of the wooden disk placed over olives in pressing them, Cato, R. R. 18.—Of the hoop or tire of a wheel: rotarum orbes circumacti, Plin. 8, 16, 19, § 52.—Of the wheel itself: undaque jam tergo ferratos sustinet orbes, Verg. G. 3, 361.—Hence, the wheel of fortune, Tib. 1, 5, 70; Ov. Tr. 5, 8, 7; id. P. 2, 3, 56.—Of the socket of the eye: inanem luminis orbem, Ov. M. 14, 200.—Of the eye itself: gemino lumen ab orbe venit, Ov. Am. 1, 8, 16: ardentes oculorum orbes ad moenia torsit, Verg. A. 12, 670.—Of the sun's disk or orb: lucidus orbis, Verg. G. 1, 459.—Of the moon's disk or orb: quater junctis implevit cornibus orbem Luna, quater plenum tenuata retexuit orbem, Ov. M. 7, 530.—Of the circle of the world, the world, the universe: Juppiter arce suā totum cum spectet in orbem, Ov. F. 1, 85: renatus, the new-born day, Sil. 5, 56: terrarum or terrae, the circle or orb of the earth, the world (since the ancients regarded the earth as a circular plane or disk): permittitur infinita potestas orbis terrarum, Cic. Agr. 2, 13, 33: ager Campanus orbis terrae pulcherrimus, id. ib. 2, 28, 76; id. Sest. 30, 66: cunctus ob Italiam terrarum clauditur orbis? Verg. A. 1, 233; cf. id. ib. 7, 224.—Also, simply orbis (so mostly poet.): hic, ubi nunc Roma est orbis caput, arbor et herbae, Ov. F. 5, 93: unus, Juv. 10, 168; 4, 148: universus, Vulg. Luc. 2, 1; id. Apoc. 12, 9.—Hence, a country, region, territory: Eoo dives ab orbe redit, the East, Ov. F. 3, 466: Assyrius, Juv. 2, 108: noster, Plin. 12, 12, 26, § 45.—A kind of fish, Plin. 32, 2, 5, § 14 Sillig; cf. Isid. Orig. 12, 6, 6.—
II Trop., a circle.
A Of things that return at a certain period of time, a rotation, round, circuit: ut idem in singulos annos orbis volveretur, Liv. 3, 10: insigne regium in orbem per omnes iret, in rotation, id. 3, 36: orbis hic in re publicā est conversus, the circle of political changes, Cic. Att. 2, 9, 1.—
B Orbis doctrinae, an encyclopœdia: orbis ille doctrinae quam Graeci ἐγκύκλιον παιδείαν vocant, Quint. 1, 10, 1.—
C Of speech, a rounding off, roundness, rotundity: circuitum, et quasi orbem verborum conficere, Cic. de Or. 3, 51, 198: orationis, id. Or. 71, 234: historia non tam finitos numeros quam orbem quendam contextumque desiderat, Quint. 9, 4, 129.—
D A circle or cycle of thought: sententiae Pyrrhonis in hunc orbem quem circumscripsimus, incidere non possunt, Cic. Fin. 5, 8, 23; cf.: circa vilem patulumque orbem, Hor. A. P. 132.—
E Esp.: in orbem ire, to go the rounds, go around: quinque dierum spatio finiebatur imperium ac per omnes in orbem ibant, in turn, Liv. 1, 17, 6; 3, 36, 3.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
orbis,⁷ is, m.
I toute espèce de cercle :
1 in orbem torquere aliquid Cic. Tim. 24 ; curvare Ov. M. 2, 715, courber qqch. en cercle ; suum saltatorium orbem versare Cic. Pis. 22, exécuter ses mouvements de danse circulaires ; sidera orbes suos conficiunt Cic. Rep. 6, 15, les astres accomplissent leurs cercles, leurs révolutions
