orbarum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →orbus, orba, orbum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
bereft, deprived,childless;
gen. pl. (f.)
Examples
Liber VII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...parti subiungit Verginius causas abdicationis, dementiae, malae tractationis, orbarum nuptias indicentium. Nam et fere sic accidit, inventique sunt..."
Liber Tertius
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...consanguineo gliscis regnare superbus exule; te series orbarum excisa domorum planctibus adsiduis, te diro horrore uolantes quinquaginta animae..."