orbes

orbes is a Latin form of orbis, meaning “circle, ring; (orbis terrarum) the world”. It is the accusative plural masculine noun or nominative plural masculine noun or vocative plural masculine noun.

It can also be a form of orbo, “bereave, deprive (of children or parents); (orbus) bereft, orphaned, childless”.

Found 86 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, De Republica 1.45: … am persaepe popularis, itemque ex ea genus aliquod ecflorescere ex illis, quae ante dixi, solet, mirique sunt orbes et quasi circumitus in rebus publicis commutationum et vicissitudinum; quos cum cognosse sapientis est, tum v …

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.