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|Definition=ή, όν, also ός, όν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hec.</span>149</span> (anap.):—<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">orphan, without parents, fatherless</b>, αἱ δ' ἐλίποντο ὀρφαναί <span class="bibl">Od.20.68</span> ; ὀ. τέκνα <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span> 330</span> ; παῖδά τ' ὀ. λιπεῖν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>653</span> : as Subst., <b class="b2">orphan</b>, ἐπίκληροι καὶ ὀ. <span class="bibl">Lys.26.12</span> ; ὀρφανοῖς καὶ ὀρφαναῖς <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>926c</span> ; ὀρφανῶν κάκωσις Arist. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ath.</span>56.6</span>, cf. <span class="title">IG</span>12.6.124: also in neut., εἰς ὀρφανὰ καὶ ἔρημα ὑβρίζειν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>927c</span> ; of animals, ὄρνις <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>1361</span> ; <b class="b3">ὀ. οἶκος, δόμος</b>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>943</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span>657</span> : metaph., <b class="b2">neglected</b>, ἡ δέλτος ὀρφανὴ κεῖται <span class="bibl">Herod.3.15</span> ; <b class="b3">ὀρφανὰ κεῖται σκῦλα</b> Epigr. ap. <span class="bibl">Paus.1.13.3</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> c. gen., <b class="b2">bereaved</b> or <b class="b2">bereft of</b>, </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">1</span> of children, <b class="b3">ὀ. πατρός</b> <b class="b2">reft</b> of father, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">El.</span>914</span>, <span class="bibl">1010</span> ; τοῦ πατρὸς ὀ. <span class="bibl">D.57.70</span> ; γονέων Plu.2.293d, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> of parents, <b class="b3">πότμον ὀρφανὸν γενεᾶς</b> childless, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>9.61</span> ; <b class="b3">ὀ. παιδός, τέκνων</b>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hec.</span>149</span> (anap.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Fr.</span>332.6</span>; νεοσσῶν ὀρφανὸν λέχος <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>425</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> generally, ὀ. ἑτάρων <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>7(6).10</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>730d</span>; νύμφας ἔθηκεν ὀρφανὰς ξυναόρων <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>1136</span>; ἐπιστήμης Pl.<span class="title">Alc.</span>2.147a ; κρατός <span class="bibl">Sosith.2.20</span> ; <b class="b3">ὀρφανοὶ ὕβριος</b> <b class="b2">free from</b> insolence, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>4(3).8(26)</span> ; ψόφον . . Κασταλίας ὀρφανὸν ἀνδρῶν χορεύσιος <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Pae.</span>6.9</span>; <b class="b3">ὀ. μαχᾶν</b>, = [[ἀπόμαχος]], <span class="bibl">Tim.<span class="title">Pers.</span> 154</span> ; <b class="b3">ὀρφανὴ βίου</b>, i.e. <b class="b2">poor</b>, <span class="bibl">Herod.3.39</span> ; ὀ. ἀγκίστρου κάλαμος <span class="title">AP</span> 12.42 (Diosc.): Com. metaph., <b class="b3">ὀ. ταρίχιον</b> salt-fish <b class="b2">without sauce</b>, <span class="bibl">Pherecr.22</span> (dub. l.). (A shorter form <b class="b3">ὀρφο-</b> appears in <b class="b3">ὀρφο-βότης</b> (q.v.), <b class="b3">ὀρφόω</b>, cf. Lat. <b class="b2">orbus</b>, Goth. <b class="b2">arbi</b> 'inheritance'.)</span>