orphanus
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Found in Late Latin. From Ancient Greek ὀρφανός (orphanós, “without parents, fatherless”). Compare orbus.
Adjective
orphanus (feminine orphana, neuter orphanum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | orphanus | orphana | orphanum | orphanī | orphanae | orphana | |
Genitive | orphanī | orphanae | orphanī | orphanōrum | orphanārum | orphanōrum | |
Dative | orphanō | orphanō | orphanīs | ||||
Accusative | orphanum | orphanam | orphanum | orphanōs | orphanās | orphana | |
Ablative | orphanō | orphanā | orphanō | orphanīs | |||
Vocative | orphane | orphana | orphanum | orphanī | orphanae | orphana |
Noun
orphanus m (genitive orphanī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | orphanus | orphanī |
Genitive | orphanī | orphanōrum |
Dative | orphanō | orphanīs |
Accusative | orphanum | orphanōs |
Ablative | orphanō | orphanīs |
Vocative | orphane | orphanī |
Descendants
References
- “orphanus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- orphanus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- orphanus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.