ὀρφᾰνός, ή, όν,
also ός, όν [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 149 (_anapaest meter_)] Refs 5th c.BC+]:— orphan, without parents, fatherless, αἱ δ᾽ ἐλίποντο ὀρφαναί [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 20.68; ὀ. τέκνα 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 330; παῖδά τ᾽ ὀ. λιπεῖν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 653 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: as substantive, orphan, ἐπίκληροι καὶ ὀ. [[ 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 26.12; ὀρφανοῖς καὶ ὀρφαναῖς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 926c; ὀρφανῶν κάκωσις 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ath.” 56.6, compare “IG” 12.6.124: also in _neuter_, εἰς ὀρφανὰ καὶ ἔρημα ὑβρίζειν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 927c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of animals, ὄρνις [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1361 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὀ. οἶκος, δόμος, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 943, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 657 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: metaphorically, neglected, ἡ δέλτος ὀρφανὴ κεῖται [[ 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 3.15 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ὀρφανὰ κεῖται σκῦλα epigram cited in [[ 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 1.13.3. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II with genitive, bereaved or bereft of,
__II.1 of children, ὀ. πατρός reft of father, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 914, 1010; τοῦ πατρὸς ὀ. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 57.70; γονέων 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.293d, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 of parents, πότμον ὀρφανὸν γενεᾶς childless, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 9.61 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὀ. παιδός, τέκνων, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 149 (_anapaest meter_), “fragment” 332.6; νεοσσῶν ὀρφανὸν λέχος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 425. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]