Latin edit

Etymology edit

From orbus (bereft).

Pronunciation edit

Proper noun edit

Orbōna f sg (genitive Orbōnae); first declension

  1. (Roman mythology) The tutelary goddess of parents bereft of their children.

Declension edit

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Orbōna
Genitive Orbōnae
Dative Orbōnae
Accusative Orbōnam
Ablative Orbōnā
Vocative Orbōna

References edit

  • Orbona”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Orbona in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Orbona”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Orbona”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray