orbo
Czech edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
orbo
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Latin orbus (“orphaned, deprived”) (probably a clipping of the phrase orbus ab oculīs (“deprived of eyes”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃órbʰos (“orphan”). Compare Sicilian orbu, Romanian orb, and French aveugle from a different clipping of the phrase.
Adjective edit
orbo (feminine orba, masculine plural orbi, feminine plural orbe)
Derived terms edit
- orbettino (“slowworm”)
Further reading edit
- orbo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
orbo
Anagrams edit
Karelian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *orpoi, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *orpa, a borrowing from an Indo-European language.
Noun edit
orbo
Latin edit
Etymology edit
See orbus.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈor.boː/, [ˈɔrboː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈor.bo/, [ˈɔrbo]
Verb edit
orbō (present infinitive orbāre, perfect active orbāvī, supine orbātum); first conjugation
- (transitive) to deprive (someone) of parents, children, or other dear persons
- (transitive, figurative) to deprive, bereave or strip (someone) of any (especially a precious) thing
Conjugation edit
Descendants edit
Adjective edit
orbō
References edit
- “orbo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “orbo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- orbo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to deprive a person of his eyes: luminibus orbare aliquem
- to deprive a person of his eyes: luminibus orbare aliquem
Venetian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin orbus. Compare Italian orbo.
Adjective edit
orbo (feminine singular orba, masculine plural orbi, feminine plural orbe)