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orbĭta , ae, f. orbis.
I. A track or rut made in the ground by a wheel.
A. Lit. (class.): “impressa orbita,” Cic. Att. 2, 21, 2; Cic. 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.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (5):
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 2.21.2
    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.3.6
    • Vergil, Georgics, 3.293
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 32, 17
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 2, 13.16
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