Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 1263.orbis on page 1263
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orbis circle
orbis is a Latin Noun that primarily means circle.
Definitions for orbis
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
circle, orb
- 2
orbis terrārum, the world, the earth
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
An object having the form of a circular plate, a disc.
- 2
(applied to var. spec. objects): (a) a tray or pan. (b) a part of an olive-press. (c) a millstone. (d) a discus. (e) a shield. (f) a circular section usu. of the citron tree used as a table top, a table. (g) a mirror.
- 3
A wheel. (b) (in spec. senses) a potter's wheel; a spinning-wheel. (c) the wheel as an emblem of change.
Sentences with orbis
Latin to English
Componitur orbis regis ad exemplum, nec sic inflectere sensus humanos edicta valent quam vita regentis: mobile mutatur semper principe vulgus.Compare The world shapes itself after its ruler's pattern, nor can edicts sway men's minds so much as their monarch's life; the unstable crowd ever changes along with the prince.
Perierat totus orbis, nisi iram finiret misericordia.Compare The whole world would perish if pity did not put an end to anger
Nisi forte rebus cunctis inest quidam velut orbis, ut quem ad modum temporum vices, its morum vertantur; nec omnia apud priores meliora, sed nostra quoque aetas muta laudis et artium imitanda posteris tulit.Compare Possibly there is in all things a kind of cycle, and there may be moral revolutions just as there are changes of seasons. Not was everything better in the past but our own age too has produced many specimens of excelence and culture for posterity to imitate.
Fecisti patriam diversis gentibus unam; profuit iniustis te dominante capi; dumque offers victis proprii consortia iuris, Urbem fecisti, quod prius orbis erat. (Rutilius Namatianus, On His Return I.62-66)Compare O Rome, the world is yours and you its queen. Far distant tribes become one fatherland beneath your power, which brought to conquered men the rule of law and through this common right, you made a city out of all the world.
Declension table for orbis
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | orbis | orbēs |
| Gen. | orbis | orbium |
| Dat. | orbī | orbibus |
| Acc. | orbem | orbīs / -ēs |
| Abl. | orbī / -e | orbibus |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 482.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1263.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 122.
Bibliography
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Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
Francese, Christopher. "Latin Core Vocabulary." Dickinson College Commentaries. Last modified 2014. http://dcc.dickinson.edu/latin-vocabulary-list.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "orbis, orbis (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/orbis-orbis.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 482.on page 482
