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  • 1 orbis

    orbis, is (nom. orbs, Ven. Carm. 8, 5. — Abl. regul. orbe;

    but orbi,

    Lucr. 5, 74:

    ex orbi,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 16; Rutil. ap. Charis. p. 112 P.: orbi terrae, in the meaning in the world, Cic. Sest. 30, 66; so,

    orbi terrarum,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 38, § 82 Halm; id. Dom. 10, 24; id. Fragm. ap. Charis. p. 112 P.), m. [etym. dub.; perh. akin to Sanscr. dhvar, bend, twist], any thing of a circular shape, a ring, round surface, disk, hoop, orbit, orb, a circle (class.; cf.: circus, circulus, gyrus, spira).
    I.
    Lit.:

    in orbem torquere,

    Cic. Univ. 7:

    curvare aliquid in orbem,

    Ov. M. 2, 715:

    certumque equitavit in orbem,

    id. ib. 12, 468.—Of a ring:

    et digitum justo commodus orbe teras,

    fit exactly, Ov. Am. 2, 15, 6:

    unionum,

    roundness, Plin. 9, 35, 56, § 113.—Of a circle formed by men:

    ut in orbem consisterent,

    place themselves in a circle, form a circle, Caes. B. G. 5, 33:

    cum illi, orbe facto, se defenderent,

    id. ib. 4, 37:

    orbem volventes suos increpans,

    Liv. 4, 28:

    in orbem pugnare,

    id. 28, 22, 15:

    in orbem sese stantibus equis defendere,

    id. 28, 33, 15: stella (phaethôn) eundem duodecim signorum orbem annis duodecim conficit, the zodiac, Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 52:

    lacteus,

    the Milky Way, id. Rep. 6, 16, 16.—Of the orbit of a heavenly body:

    sidera circulos suos orbesque conficiunt,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 15, 15.—Of a serpent, the windings, coils:

    immensis orbibus angues Incumbunt pelago,

    Verg. A. 2, 204.—Of a circular surface or disk:

    orbis mensae,

    a round table-top, Ov. H. 17, 87; cf. Juv. 11, 122.—Also, simply orbes, a round table, Mart. 2, 43; Juv. 1, 137.—Of a quoit or discus:

    ictus ab orbe,

    Ov. Ib. 590.—Of the scale of a balance:

    instabilis natat alterno depressior orbe,

    Tib. 4, 1, 44.—Of a mirror:

    addidit et nitidum sacratis crinibus orbem,

    Mart. 9, 18, 5.—Of a shield:

    illa (hasta) per orbem Aere cavum triplici... Transiit,

    Verg. A. 10, 783; Petr. 89.—Of a mosaic pavement of rounded pieces [p. 1276] of marble, Juv. 11, 175.—Of a scale, one side of a balance, Tib. 4, 1, 44.—Of the millstones of an oil-mill, Cato, R. R. 22.—Of the wooden disk placed over olives in pressing them, Cato, R. R. 18.—Of the hoop or tire of a wheel:

    rotarum orbes circumacti,

    Plin. 8, 16, 19, § 52.—Of the wheel itself:

    undaque jam tergo ferratos sustinet orbes,

    Verg. G. 3, 361.—Hence, the wheel of fortune, Tib. 1, 5, 70; Ov. Tr. 5, 8, 7; id. P. 2, 3, 56.—Of the socket of the eye:

    inanem luminis orbem,

    Ov. M. 14, 200.—Of the eye itself:

    gemino lumen ab orbe venit,

    Ov. Am. 1, 8, 16:

    ardentes oculorum orbes ad moenia torsit,

    Verg. A. 12, 670.—Of the sun's disk or orb:

    lucidus orbis,

    Verg. G. 1, 459.—Of the moon's disk or orb:

    quater junctis implevit cornibus orbem Luna, quater plenum tenuata retexuit orbem,

    Ov. M. 7, 530.—Of the circle of the world, the world, the universe:

    Juppiter arce suā totum cum spectet in orbem,

    Ov. F. 1, 85:

    renatus,

    the new-born day, Sil. 5, 56: terrarum or terrae, the circle or orb of the earth, the world (since the ancients regarded the earth as a circular plane or disk):

    permittitur infinita potestas orbis terrarum,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 13, 33:

    ager Campanus orbis terrae pulcherrimus,

    id. ib. 2, 28, 76; id. Sest. 30, 66:

    cunctus ob Italiam terrarum clauditur orbis?

    Verg. A. 1, 233; cf. id. ib. 7, 224.—Also, simply orbis (so mostly poet.):

    hic, ubi nunc Roma est orbis caput, arbor et herbae,

    Ov. F. 5, 93:

    unus,

    Juv. 10, 168; 4, 148:

    universus,

    Vulg. Luc. 2, 1; id. Apoc. 12, 9.—Hence, a country, region, territory:

    Eoo dives ab orbe redit,

    the East, Ov. F. 3, 466:

    Assyrius,

    Juv. 2, 108:

    noster,

    Plin. 12, 12, 26, § 45.— A kind of fish, Plin. 32, 2, 5, § 14 Sillig; cf. Isid. Orig. 12, 6, 6.—
    II.
    Trop., a circle.
    A.
    Of things that return at a certain period of time, a rotation, round, circuit:

    ut idem in singulos annos orbis volveretur,

    Liv. 3, 10:

    insigne regium in orbem per omnes iret,

    in rotation, id. 3, 36:

    orbis hic in re publicā est conversus,

    the circle of political changes, Cic. Att. 2, 9, 1.—
    B.
    Orbis doctrinae, an encyclopœdia: orbis ille doctrinae quam Graeci enkuklion paideian vocant, Quint. 1, 10, 1.—
    C.
    Of speech, a rounding off, roundness, rotundity:

    circuitum, et quasi orbem verborum conficere,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 51, 198:

    orationis,

    id. Or. 71, 234:

    historia non tam finitos numeros quam orbem quendam contextumque desiderat,

    Quint. 9, 4, 129.—
    D.
    A circle or cycle of thought:

    sententiae Pyrrhonis in hunc orbem quem circumscripsimus, incidere non possunt,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 8, 23; cf.:

    circa vilem patulumque orbem,

    Hor. A. P. 132.—
    E.
    Esp.: in orbem ire, to go the rounds, go around:

    quinque dierum spatio finiebatur imperium ac per omnes in orbem ibant,

    in turn, Liv. 1, 17, 6; 3, 36, 3.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > orbis

  • 2 orbis

        orbis is, abl. orbe (rarely -bī, C.), m    a ring, circle, re-entering way, circular path, hoop, orbit: in orbem intorquere: in orbem curvat (iter) eun<*> dem, O.: digitum iusto commodus orbe teras, a ring, O.: ut in orbem consisterent, form a circle, Cs.: orbe facto se defendere, a hollow square, Cs.: orbem volventes suos increpans, L.: in orbem sese stantibus equis defendere, L.: duodecim signorum orbis, zodiac: lacteus, Milky Way: sidera suos orbes conficiunt, orbits: inmensis orbibus angues Incumbunt pelago, coils, V.—A round surface, disk, circle: mensae, round top, O.: de tot pulchris orbibus comedunt, round tables, Iu.: lucidus, disk (of the sun), V.: ictus ab orbe, quoit, O.: (hasta) per orbem cavum Transit, shield, V.—A mosaic pavement, Iu.—One side of a balance: alterno orbe, Tb.—A wheel: Unda ferratos sustinet orbes, V.: Fortunae stantis in orbe Numen, her wheel, O.—An eye-socket, eye: gemino lumen ab orbe venit, eye, O.: oculorum orbes, V.—With terrae or terrarum, the circle of the world, earth, world, universe: orbis terrae, S., C.: terrarum orbis, V.—The earth, world, universe (sc. terrae): Iuppiter totum cum spectet in orbem, O.: Si fractus inlabatur orbis, H.: Roma orbis caput, O.—A country, region, territory: Eoo dives ab orbe redit, the East, O.: Assyrius, Iu.—Fig., a circle, rotation, round, circuit: ut idem in singulos annos orbis volveretur, L.: orbis hic in re p. est conversus, the circle of political change: imperium per omnīs in orbem ibat, in rotation, L.—In time, a cycle, round, period: Annuus, V.: Triginta magnos volvendis mensibus orbīs explebit, years, V. —Of speech, a rounding off, period, cycle: quasi orbem verborum conficere: orationis.—A cycle of thought: sententiae Pyrrhonis in hunc orbem incidere non possunt: circa vilem patulumque orbem, the trite and obvious path, H.
    * * *
    circle; territory/region; sphere

    orbis terrarum -- world/(circle of lands)

    Latin-English dictionary > orbis

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