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|lshtext=<b>orbĭtas</b>: ātis, f. [[orbus]],<br /><b>I</b> [[bereavement]] of parents or children, of a [[husband]] or [[other]] [[dear]] [[person]], [[childlessness]], orphanage, [[widowhood]] ([[class]].).<br /><b>I</b> 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 <[[number]] opt="n">plur.</[[number]]>: orbitates liberūm, Cic. Tusc. 5, 6, 16; 5, 9, 24; 3, 24, 58; Lact. 1, 21, 11; Sol. 40, 44; Arn. 5, 188.—<br /><b>II</b> 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.>