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ὀρφανός

orphanos

orphan, without parents, fatherless

Appears 29 times across Plato's dialogues.

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ὀρφανός, ή, όν, also ός, όν E. Hec. 149 (anap.):—A. 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 12.6.124: 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’.)
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