orbis

orbis kelt.-lat. 'Kreis, Umlauf'

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

1. circle, ring
2. of things that return at a certain period of time, a rotation, round, circuit
3. an orb (sphere)
4. a country, territory or region
5. a disc or disc-shaped object
6. the Earth, the world, the globe [often written as orbis terrarum] [ quotations ▼]

   totus orbis terrarum

1. 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