orbis
Latin
Etymology
Of uncertain origin. May stem from Proto-Indo-European *h₃erbʰis (“circle, orb”) or from *h₃erǵʰi- (“testicle”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈor.bis/, [ˈɔr.bɪs]
Noun
orbis m (genitive orbis); third declension
Inflection
Third declension, alternative ablative singular in -ī and accusative plural in -īs.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | orbis | orbēs |
Genitive | orbis | orbium |
Dative | orbī | orbibus |
Accusative | orbem | orbēs orbīs |
Ablative | orbe orbī |
orbibus |
Vocative | orbis | orbēs |
Synonyms
- (circle): circulus
Derived terms
References
- orbis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- orbis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- orbis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- orbis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- the earth; the glob: orbis terrae, terrarum
- the horizon: orbis finiens (Div. 2. 44. 92)
- the milky way: orbis lacteus
- the zodiac: orbis signifer
- a zone: orbis, pars (terrae), cingulus
- the temperate zone: orbis medius
- the empire reaches to the ends of the world: imperium orbis terrarum terminis definitur
- to form a square: orbem facere (Sall. Iug. 97. 5)
- to form a square: in orbem consistere
- the earth; the glob: orbis terrae, terrarum
- orbis in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Watkins, Calvert, ed., The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots, 2nd ed., Houghton Mifflin Co., 2000.
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