orbita

orbĭta, ae, f. [orbis].

• A track or rut made in the ground by a wheel.
• • A Lit. (class.): impressa orbita, Cic. Att. 2, 21, 2; id. Verr. 2, 3, 3, § 6; Verg. G. 3, 293; Liv. 32, 17.—
  • B Trop., a track, course, path (ante-class. and poet.): neque id ab orbitā matrum familias instituti, quod, etc., Varr. ap. Non. 542, 28; Plin. 8, 58, 83, § 227; a beaten path, Quint. 2, 13, 16: veteris culpae, i. e. bad example, Juv. 14, 37.—
• II An impression, mark left by a ligature: vinculi, Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 210.—
• III A circuit, orbit: orbita lunae, Auct. Aetn. 230: lunaris illa orbita, Sen. Q. N. 7, 10, 2.

orbita, ae, f. (orbis), I) das Wagengeleise, das Fahrgeleise, Cic. u.a.: dicht. übh. die Bahn, der Pfad, Verg. georg. 3, 293. – bildl., das Geleise, die Spur = das Beispiel, Varro de vit. P. R. 2. fr. 23 (b. Non. 542, 28): orb. veteris culpae, böses Beispiel, Iuven. 14, 37. – II) der Einschnitt eines Bandes, Plin. 17, 210. – III) der Kreislauf, die Bahn, lunaris illa orbita, die Mondbahn, Sen. nat. qu. 7, 10, 2: u. so orbita lunae, Auct. Aetnae 230.

orbita [CL], ~um 1 wheel-track, path. b swath made in mowing; c (fig.); d (w. ref. to exemplary person). ~ta, hueolrad GlC O 233; vir ~a cosmi circuibat volventia circumiens plurimas ‥ regiones Byrht. V. Ecgwini 377; orbita, lfst[i. ~e. lest] GlP 915; amfractus et ~as sollicite perlustrantes W. Cant. Mir. Thom. IV 7; hec ~a, a paytt WW.  b a swarthe, ~a falcatoris est CathA.  c ut cepte materie ~as ducam W. Malm. GR II 207; nobiscum agitur feliciter si propinquam terentes ~am per aliquod diverticulum redeamus ad sententiam Ib. II 346; ejusdem dilectionis terebat ~am Aldredus Id. Wulfst. I 7; ve vobis qui prestatis / pravis opem, equitatis / deserentes orbitam Walt. Wimb. Van. 125; quoniam illam scienciam nonnulli authores scripserunt multivarie, ac si isti per viam regiam, illi per ~am, alii fortasse per ambitum unam civitatem seu metam adirent Ripley 181.  d magnus Adelstanus, patrie decus, orbita recti W. Malm. GR II 133; hic alter Salomon legum pater, orbita pacis, / quod caruit bellis claruit inde magis H. Hunt. HA V 26. 2 circuit, circumference. is jussit proprii quantum tenet orbita regni Frith. 1288. 3 orbit, course: a (~a mundi) movement of the world; b (of time). mox infecundi verbum pavit orbita mundi R. Cant. Malch. VI 133.  b annua bis senos confecerat orbita menses Frith. 1375; accidit autem post recuperatam tali miraculo sanitatem, ut anni ~a natalis anniversariam denuo sanctissimi regis memoriam revocaret Ailr. Ed. Conf. 786C. 4 circular or curved object: a wheel, wheel-rim, wheel-nave or a wheel-shaped figure. b pillow. c (arch.) arcade. a cardo rotans sed uterque silet velut orbita plaustri / resina pingui fuerit cum forte peruncta Wulf. Swith. II 618; orbita de cruceo deformis comprimit alvo / omnia set curvo concordant ardua plectro MS Corpus Christi Coll. Camb. 326 p. 140; cantos ‥, quorum radiorum extremitates stelliones dicuntur, viz. ~e [gl.: i. rote orbiculate] Neckam Ut. 108.  b interdumque thoro sit amica tibi generosa; / orbita furfurea spernatur, feda, pilosa D. Bec. 2820.  c subito lux serena per ~a ecclesie emicuit R. Cold. Cuthb. 68.

orbĭta, (14) æ, f. (orbis), trace dʼune roue, ornière : Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 6 ; Att. 2, 21, 2 ; Virg. G. 3, 293 || marque, empreinte : Plin. 17, 210 || cours, révolution, orbite, carrière : Virg. Ætna 230 ; Sen. Nat. 7, 10, 2 || exemple : veteris trahit [eos] orbita culpæ Juv. 14, 37, ils sont attirés dans lʼornière des fautes anciennes.

orbita , ae. f.
車轍。軌。輪。— vinculi 帶印。Veteris — culpae 舊罪寃孽。Monstrare orbitam 指路。

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orbita ae, f

• orbis, a track, rut: ex tensarum orbitis praedari: rota in orbitam depressa, L.— Fig., a beaten path, rut: veteris culpae, i. e. bad example, Iu.