orphanus

Latin

Alternative forms

• orfanus

Etymology

Found in Late Latin. From Ancient Greek ὀρφανός (orphanós, “without parents, fatherless”). Compare orbus.

PIE word
*h₃órbʰos

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈor.pʰa.nus/, [ˈɔrpʰänʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈor.fa.nus/, [ˈɔrfänus]

Adjective

orphanus (feminine orphana, neuter orphanum); first/second-declension adjective

1. orphan

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	orphanus	orphana	orphanum		orphanī	orphanae	orphana
Genitive	orphanī	orphanae	orphanī		orphanōrum	orphanārum	orphanōrum
Dative	orphanō		orphanō		orphanīs
Accusative	orphanum	orphanam	orphanum		orphanōs	orphanās	orphana
Ablative	orphanō	orphanā	orphanō		orphanīs
Vocative	orphane	orphana	orphanum		orphanī	orphanae	orphana

Noun

orphanus m (genitive orphanī); second declension

1. orphan

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	orphanus	orphanī
Genitive	orphanī	orphanōrum
Dative	orphanō	orphanīs
Accusative	orphanum	orphanōs
Ablative	orphanō	orphanīs
Vocative	orphane	orphanī

Descendants

• → Albanian: varfër, vorfën
• Aromanian: oarfãn, oarfãnu, orfãn
• Catalan: orfe
• → English: orphan
• Esperanto: orfo
• Old French: orfene
  • ⇒ Old French: orfenin
    • French: orphelin
• Friulian: vuarfin
• Galician: orfo
• Italian: orfano
• Occitan: òrfe, orfanèl
• Portuguese: órfão
• Romanian: orfan, oarfăn
• Sardinian: òlfanu, òrfanu
• Spanish: huérfano

References

• “orphanus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• orphanus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• orphanus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.