(adjective) : orbus, a, um, kindr. with Gr. ὀρφανός; cf. Fest. p. 183 Müll.
* Bereaved, bereft, of parents or children; parentless, fatherless, childless (class.; cf. pupillus).
* Lit.: senex,Cic. Par. 5, 2, 39; cf.: parens liberorum an orbus sit,Quint. 5, 10, 26; 7, 4, 23: filii mei, te incolumi, orbi non erunt,Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 10.—With gen.: Memnonis orba mei venio,Ov. M. 13, 595.—With ab: a totidem natis orba,Ov. H. 6, 156.—Of beasts: liberis orbae oves,Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 38.—Subst.: orba, ae, f., an orphan: ut orbae, qui sunt genere proximi, iis nubant,Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 75; Quint. 7, 4, 24.—Also, = vidua, a widow: censa civium capita centum quatuor milia . . . praeter orbos orbasque,orphans and widows,Liv. 3, 3, 9 (for which: praeter pupillos et viduas,id. Epit. 59; cf. Becker's Antiq. 2, 2, p. 205).
* Transf., deprived, bereft, destitute, devoid of any thing, esp. of something precious: arce et urbe orba sum, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44 (Trag. v. 114 Vahl.): plebs orba tribunis,Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 9: ab optimatibus contio,id. Fl. 23, 54: rebus omnibus,id. Fam. 4, 13, 3: forum litibus,Hor. C. 4, 2, 43: regio animantibus orba,without inhabitants,Ov. M. 1, 72: verba viribus,id. H. 21, 142: fide pectora,id. Am. 2, 2, 42: orbus omnibus sensibus,Vell. 1, 5, 4: cubile,empty, widowed couch,Cat. 66, 21: palmites,bereft of buds,Col. 4, 27.
* With gen.: orbus auxilique opumque,Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 19: pedum,Lucr. 5, 840: luminis,Ov. M. 3, 518.

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