Orbita, órbitæ, pen. cotr. Virg.Cic.A cart wheele: the trake of a cart wheele made in the ground.Orbita vinculi. Pli. The print of a bonde that is straite tyed. Orbita lunæ.Virg.The compasse of the moone.
Orbitas, pen. cor. huius orbitátis, fœm. g. Plin. iun.The lacke of children on the parentes parte: the lacke of parentes on the childes part: any lacke.Cuius orbitas & sletus mirè miserabilis fuit propter recentem memotiam clarissimi patris.Cic.Misera orbitas.Cic.Vulnus orbitatis. Quint. The griefe or wounde of the losse of children.Orbitas luminis. Plin. Blindnesse.Orbitas tecti. Plin. Lacke of a thing to couer it: lacke of an house to dwell in.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
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; id. 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.
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, 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.