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orbi

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

It can also be a form of orbus, “bereft, deprived (of +abl.); childless, orphaned”.

Found 64 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.4.82: … ibus defendenda, non spolianda improbis tradere. non vereor ne tibi, Q. Catule, displiceat, cuius amplissimum orbi terrarum clarissimumque monumentum est, quam plurimos esse custodes monumentorum et putare omnis bonos aliena …

Horace, Epistulae 2.2.160: qui te pascit ager tuus est, et vilicus Orbi,

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.