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ὀρφανός

ὀρφανός, an orphan

ὀρφᾰνός, ή, όν, also ός, όν E. Hec. 149 (anap.):—
  • orphan, without parents, fatherless, αἱ δʼ ἐλίποντο ὀρφαναί Od. 20.68; ὀ. τέκνα Hes. Op. 330; παῖδά τʼ ὀ. λιπεῖν S. Aj. 653: as Subst., orphan, ἐπίκληροι καὶ ὀ. Lys. 26.12; ὀρφανοῖς καὶ ὀρφαναῖς Pl. Lg. 926c; ὀρφανῶν κάκωσις Arist. Ath. 56.6, cf. IG 1(2).6.124: also in neut., εἰς ὀρφανὰ καὶ ἔρημα ὑβρίζειν Pl. Lg. 927c; of animals, ὄρνις Ar. Av. 1361; ὀ. οἶκος, δόμος, S. Fr. 943, E. Alc. 657: metaph., neglected, ἡ δέλτος ὀρφανὴ κεῖται Herod. 3.15; ὀρφανὰ κεῖται σκῦλα Epigr. ap. Paus. 1.13.3.
    • II c. gen., bereaved or bereft of,
      • 1 of children, ὀ. πατρός reft of father, E. El. 914, 1010; τοῦ πατρὸς ὀ. D. 57.70; γονέων Plu. Aet.Gr. 2.293d, etc.
      • 2 of parents, πότμον ὀρφανὸν γενεᾶς childless, Pi. O. 9.61; ὀ. παιδός, τέκνων, E. Hec. 149 (anap.), Fr. 332.6; νεοσσῶν ὀρφανὸν λέχος S. Ant. 425.
      • 3 generally, ὀ. ἑτάρων Pi. I. 7(6).10, cf. Pl. Lg. 730d; νύμφας ἔθηκεν ὀρφανὰς ξυναόρων E. Or. 1136; ἐπιστήμης Pl. Alc. 2.147a; κρατός Sosith. 2.20; ὀρφανοὶ ὕβριος free from insolence, Pi. I. 4(3).8(26); ψόφον . . Κασταλίας ὀρφανὸν ἀνδρῶν χορεύσιος Id. Pae. 6.9; ὀ. μαχᾶν, = ἀπόμαχος, Tim. Pers. 154; ὀρφανὴ βίου, i.e. poor, Herod. 3.39; ὀ. ἀγκίστρου κάλαμος AP 12.42 (Diosc.): Com. metaph., ὀ. ταρίχιον salt-fish without sauce, Pherecr. 22 (dub. l.). (A shorter form ὀρφο- appears in ὀρφο-βότης (q.v.), ὀρφόω, cf. Lat. orbus, Goth. arbi ‘inheritance’.)

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