verb transitive #2698

orbo

2nd PP orbāre · 3rd PP orbāvi · 4th PP orbātum · conj. 1st

to deprive; bereave; to make fatherless

to deprive or bereave of parents, children, or other dear persons; to make fatherless, motherless, childless, etc. (class.; syn.: privo, viduo).

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Lit.: filio orbatus, Cic. Off. 1, 10, 30: mater orbata filio, id. Clu. 15, 45: orbatura patres fulmina, Ov. M. 2, 391.—Of animals: catulo lactente orbata leaena, Ov. M. 13, 547.—

to deprive; bereave; strip by extension ••

Transf., in gen., to deprive, bereave, strip of any (esp. a precious) thing: pater me lumine orbavit, Enn. ap. Charis. p. 250 P. (Trag. v. 351 Vahl.): Italiam juventute, Cic. Pis. 24, 57: patria multis claris viris orbata, id. Fam. 4, 9, 3: sensibus, id. Ac. 2, 23, 74: tantā gloriā orbatus, id. Tusc. 1, 6, 12: ferum voce eruditā spoliatum atque orbatum, id. Brut. 2, 6.—Poet.: orbatae caligant vela carinae, Stat. S. 5, 3, 138.

Perseus ID: n32907 Key: orbo