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orbitas
orbitas
Latin
Etymology
From orbus (“bereaved or bereft of parents or children”) + -itās.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈor.bi.taːs/
Noun
orbitās f (genitive orbitātis); third declension
- Bereavement of parents, children, a husband or other dear person.
- (by extension) Deprivation or loss of something.
Inflection
Third declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | orbitās | orbitātēs |
genitive | orbitātis | orbitātum |
dative | orbitātī | orbitātibus |
accusative | orbitātem | orbitātēs |
ablative | orbitāte | orbitātibus |
vocative | orbitās | orbitātēs |
Related terms
Descendants
- Spanish: orbedad
References
- orbitas in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- orbitas in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “orbitas”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.