orbitas

See also: órbitas, orbitás, orbītās, and orbītas

French

Verb

orbitas

1. second-person singular past historic of orbiter

Galician

Verb

orbitas

1. second-person singular present indicative of orbitar

Latin

Etymology

From orbus (“bereaved or bereft of parents or children”) +‎ -tās.

PIE word
*h₃órbʰos

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɔr.bɪ.taːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɔr.bi.tas]

Noun

orbitās f (genitive orbitātis); third declension

1. Bereavement or absence of parents, children, a husband or other dear person.
   • c. 117 CE, Tacitus, Annales 3.25:

     Nec ideo coniugia et educationes liberum frequentabantur, praevalida orbitate

     However it did not make marriages and the raising of children more popular, as childlessness remained prevalent

2. (by extension) Deprivation or loss of something.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	orbitās	orbitātēs
genitive	orbitātis	orbitātum
dative	orbitātī	orbitātibus
accusative	orbitātem	orbitātēs
ablative	orbitāte	orbitātibus
vocative	orbitās	orbitātēs

Related terms

• orbātor
• orbō
• orbus

Descendants

• → Catalan: orbetat
• → Italian: orbità
• → Spanish: orbedad

References

• “orbitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “orbitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “orbitas”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Verb

orbitas

1. second-person singular present indicative of orbitar

Spanish

Verb

orbitas

1. second-person singular present indicative of orbitar