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orbe

orbe is a Latin form of orbis, meaning “circle, ring; (orbis terrarum) the world”. It is the ablative singular masculine noun.

Found 339 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 4.37.2: Cum illi orbe facto sese defenderent, celeriter ad clamorem hominum circiter milia VI convenerunt. Qua re nuntiata, Caesar omnem ex castris equitatum suis auxilio misit.

Ovid, Heroides 17.87: Orbe quoque in mensae legi sub nomine nostro,

All forms of orbis (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.