A.orphan, without parents, fatherless, “αἱ δ᾽ ἐλίποντο ὀρφαναί” Od.20.68 ; “ὀ. τέκνα” Hes.Op. 330 ; “παῖδά τ᾽ 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. IG12.6.124: 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.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'.)