orbo
Italian
Etymology
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.
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈor.boː/, [ˈɔr.boː]
Inflection
Descendants
- Spanish: orbar
Adjective
orbō
References
- 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, 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
Synonyms
- cioro, ciore
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