orphanus
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Found in Late Latin. From Ancient Greek ὀρφανός (orphanós, “without parents, fatherless”). Compare orbus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈor.pʰa.nus/, [ˈɔrpʰänʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈor.fa.nus/, [ˈɔrfänus]
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | orphanus | orphana | orphanum | orphanī | orphanae | orphana | |
| Genitive | orphanī | orphanae | orphanī | orphanōrum | orphanārum | orphanōrum | |
| Dative | orphanō | orphanō | orphanīs | ||||
| Accusative | orphanum | orphanam | orphanum | orphanōs | orphanās | orphana | |
| Ablative | orphanō | orphanā | orphanō | orphanīs | |||
| Vocative | orphane | orphana | orphanum | orphanī | orphanae | orphana | |
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | orphanus | orphanī |
| Genitive | orphanī | orphanōrum |
| Dative | orphanō | orphanīs |
| Accusative | orphanum | orphanōs |
| Ablative | orphanō | orphanīs |
| Vocative | orphane | orphanī |
Descendants
- → Albanian: varfër, vorfën
- Aromanian: oarfãn, oarfãnu, orfãn
- Catalan: orfe
- → English: orphan
- Esperanto: orfo
- French: orphelin
- Friulian: vuarfin
- Galician: orfo
- Italian: orfano
- Occitan: òrfe, orfanèl
- Old French: orfene
- Portuguese: órfão
- Romanian: orfan, oarfăn
- Sardinian: òlfanu, òrfanu
- Spanish: huérfano
References
- “orphanus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- orphanus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- orphanus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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