orbis
Of uncertain origin. May stem from Proto-Indo-European *h₃erbʰis (“circle, orb”) or from *h₁órǵʰis (“testicle”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈor.bis/, [ˈɔrbɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈor.bis/, [ˈɔrbis]
Noun
orbis m (genitive orbis); third declension
- circle, ring
- of things that return at a certain period of time, a rotation, round, circuit
- an orb (sphere)
- a country, territory or region
- a disc or disc-shaped object
- the Earth, the world, the globe [often written as orbis terrarum] [ quotations ▼]
- totus orbis terrarum
- the whole wide world
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem, ablative singular in -e or occasionally -ī).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | orbis | orbēs |
| Genitive | orbis | orbium |
| Dative | orbī | orbibus |
| Accusative | orbem | orbēs orbīs |
| Ablative | orbe orbī |
orbibus |
| Vocative | orbis | orbēs |