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出典:『Wiktionary』 (2026/02/12 18:31 UTC 版)
From Proto-Indo-European *h₃órbʰos (“orphan”), from *h₃erbʰ- (“to change ownership”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ὀρφανός (orphanós, “orphaned”), Sanskrit अर्भ (árbha, “small”), Old Armenian որբ (orb, “orphan”). Compare Late Latin orphanus.
orbus (feminine orba, neuter orbum); first/second-declension adjective
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | orbus | orba | orbum | orbī | orbae | orba | |
| genitive | orbī | orbae | orbī | orbōrum | orbārum | orbōrum | |
| dative | orbō | orbae | orbō | orbīs | |||
| accusative | orbum | orbam | orbum | orbōs | orbās | orba | |
| ablative | orbō | orbā | orbō | orbīs | |||
| vocative | orbe | orba | orbum | orbī | orbae | orba | |
(Note: in all descendants the term acquired the meaning “blind”, from a construction such as *orbus ab oculīs (“deprived of eyes”).)