orbitas

Latin > English

orbitas orbitatis N F :: bereavement; loss of a child; orphanhood; childlessness

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

orbĭtas: ātis, f. orbus,
I 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.>

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

orbĭtās,¹¹ ātis, f. (orbus),
1 perte de ses enfants : Cic. Fin. 5, 84 || absence d’enfants : Tac. D. 6, 2 || orphelinage : Cic. de Or. 1, 228 || veuvage, viduité : Just. 2, 4, 4
2 [en gén.] privation, perte : [de la vue] Plin. 7, 124 ; maxima orbitate rei publicæ virorum talium Cic. Fam. 10, 3, 3, quand l’État est absolument privé de tels hommes.

Latin > German (Georges)

orbitās, ātis, f. (orbus), I) das Beraubtsein einer Sache, der Verlust, luminis, Plin. 7, 124: oculi, Apul. de deo Socr. 7: tecti, Plin. 35, 17. – II) insbes.: 1) das Beraubtsein der Kinder od. Eltern, das Verwaistsein, die Kinderlosigkeit, Elternlosigkeit, a) eig., Plaut., Cic. u. Liv.: ne opibus et orbitate Silanae maritus poteretur (Africanus), Tac.: v. Verwitwetsein, der Witwenstand, Iustin. 2, 4, 4. – Plur., orbitates liberûm, Cic. Tusc. 3, 58: liberorum, Arnob. 7, 11: meorum orbitates, Augustin. epist. 140, 135: quorum (Maximorum, Catonum etc.) orbitates, Hieron. epitaph. Nepot. tom. 1. p. 335 Vall.: u. bl. orbitates, Cic. Tusc. 5, 16 u. 24. Solin. 40, 14. Lact. 1, 21, 11. Arnob. 5, 44. Augustin de civ. dei 22, 22, 3. p. 605, 19 D.² – b) bildl., orbitas rei publicae virorum talium, das Verwaistsein von s. M., das Vermissen, Entbehren s. M., Cic. – 2) das Beraubtsein der Augen, die Blindheit, Apul. met. 8, 12 extr.