ὀρφανός: Difference between revisions

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