orbo

• IPA^(key): [ˈorbo]
• Hyphenation: or‧bo

orbo

1. vocative singular of orba

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔr.bo/
• Rhymes: -ɔrbo
• Hyphenation: òr‧bo

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.

orbo (feminine orba, masculine plural orbi, feminine plural orbe)

1. (also figurative) blind

   Synonyms: cieco, cecato

2. one-eyed
3. bereft

• orbettino (“slowworm”)

• orbo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

orbo

1. first-person singular present indicative of orbare

• boro

From Proto-Finnic *orpoi, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *orpa, a borrowing from an Indo-European language.

orbo

1. orphan

See orbus.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈor.boː/, [ˈɔrboː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈor.bo/, [ˈɔrbo]

orbō (present infinitive orbāre, perfect active orbāvī, supine orbātum); first conjugation

1. (transitive) to deprive (someone) of parents, children, or other dear persons
2. (transitive, figurative) to deprive, bereave or strip (someone) of any (especially a precious) thing

• → Italian: orbare (learned)
• Spanish: orbar

orbō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of orbus

• “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
    

From Latin orbus. Compare Italian orbo.

orbo (feminine singular orba, masculine plural orbi, feminine plural orbe)

1. blind

• cioro, ciore