orphanus

== Latin == === Alternative forms === orfanus === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ὀρφανός (orphanós, “without parents, fatherless”). Compare orbus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɔr.pʰa.nʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɔr.fa.nus] === Adjective === orphanus (feminine orphana, neuter orphanum); first/second-declension adjective (Late Latin) orphan ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. === Noun === orphanus m (genitive orphanī); second declension orphan ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== === References === “orphanus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "orphanus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “orphanus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.