"orbis" meaning in Latin

See orbis in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈɔr.bɪs] [Classical-Latin], [ˈɔr.bis] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Of uncertain origin. May stem from Proto-Indo-European *h₃erbʰis (“circle, orb”), from the root *h₃erbʰ- (“to turn”). Etymology templates: {{unc|la|nocap=1}} uncertain, {{der|la|ine-pro|*h₃erbʰis||circle, orb}} Proto-Indo-European *h₃erbʰis (“circle, orb”) Head templates: {{la-noun|orbis<3.abl-e-occ-i>|g=m}} orbis m (genitive orbis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|orbis<3.abl-e-occ-i>}} Forms: orbis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], orbis [nominative, singular], orbēs [nominative, plural], orbis [genitive, singular], orbium [genitive, plural], orbī [dative, singular], orbibus [dative, plural], orbem [accusative, singular], orbēs [accusative, plural], orbīs [accusative, plural], orbe [ablative, singular], orbī [ablative, singular], orbibus [ablative, plural], orbis [singular, vocative], orbēs [plural, vocative]
  1. circle, ring Tags: declension-3, masculine Synonyms (circle): circus, circulus
    Sense id: en-orbis-la-noun-XXRQp--i Disambiguation of 'circle': 72 0 28 0 0 0
  2. of things that return at a certain period of time, a rotation, round, circuit Tags: declension-3, masculine
    Sense id: en-orbis-la-noun-kcGJhL93 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the third declension, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 7 77 6 6 3 1 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 15 23 17 18 11 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 89 3 1 2 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 89 3 1 2 1
  3. an orb (sphere) Tags: declension-3, masculine
    Sense id: en-orbis-la-noun-WfVRUyIf
  4. a country, territory or region Tags: declension-3, masculine
    Sense id: en-orbis-la-noun-JOfeegi2
  5. a disc or disc-shaped object Tags: declension-3, masculine
    Sense id: en-orbis-la-noun-ju5wT-Zb
  6. the Earth, the world, the globe [often written as orbis terrarum] Wikidata QID: Q2 Tags: declension-3, masculine Categories (place): Earth
    Sense id: en-orbis-la-noun-la:Q2 Disambiguation of Earth: 0 0 0 0 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: orbita

Inflected forms

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          "english": "the whole wide world",
          "text": "totus orbis terrarum",
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          "english": "Here, here they are among our assembly, Conscript Fathers — in this, the most sacred and most solemn council of every land — those who plan the death of us all, who plot the destruction of this city, and even the ruin of the whole world!\n(Literally, “of the sphere of land(s).”)",
          "ref": "63 BCE, Cicero, Catiline Orations Oratio in Catilinam Prima in Senatu Habita.9",
          "text": "Hīc, hīc sunt in nostrō numerō, Patrēs Cōnscrīptī — in hōc orbis terrae sānctissimō gravissimōque cōnsiliō — quī dē nostrō omnium interitū, quī dē huius urbis atque adeō dē orbis terrārum exitiō cōgitent!",
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          "ref": "63 BCE, Cicero, Catiline Orations Oratio in Catilinam Prima in Senatu Habita.9",
          "text": "Hīc, hīc sunt in nostrō numerō, Patrēs Cōnscrīptī — in hōc orbis terrae sānctissimō gravissimōque cōnsiliō — quī dē nostrō omnium interitū, quī dē huius urbis atque adeō dē orbis terrārum exitiō cōgitent!",
          "translation": "Here, here they are among our assembly, Conscript Fathers — in this, the most sacred and most solemn council of every land — those who plan the death of us all, who plot the destruction of this city, and even the ruin of the whole world!\n(Literally, “of the sphere of land(s).”)",
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          "english": "Before the sea and the lands and the sky that covers over all things,\nthere was one face of nature in the whole world,\nwhich they called chaos: […]",
          "ref": "8 CE, Ovid, Metamorphoses 1.5–7",
          "text": "Ante mare et terrās et quod tegit omnia caelum\nūnus erat tōtō nātūrae vultus in orbe,\nquem dīxēre chaos: […]",
          "translation": "Before the sea and the lands and the sky that covers over all things,\nthere was one face of nature in the whole world,\nwhich they called chaos: […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the Earth, the world, the globe"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Earth",
          "Earth"
        ],
        [
          "world",
          "world"
        ],
        [
          "globe",
          "globe"
        ],
        [
          "terrarum",
          "terrarum"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "the Earth, the world, the globe [often written as orbis terrarum]"
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "la:Q2"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "wikidata": [
        "Q2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈɔr.bɪs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈɔr.bis]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "circle",
      "word": "circus"
    },
    {
      "sense": "circle",
      "word": "circulus"
    }
  ],
  "word": "orbis"
}

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