bereft Copy link Outline 1. orbus (usu. with abl., rarely gen.)2. captus • bereft: 1. orbus (usu. with abl., rarely gen.): the plebs b. of its tribunes, plebs or. tribunis, Cic.: b. of light, lumine or., Ov.: a parent b. of his children, parens liberorum or., Quint. 2. captus: v. deprived. Phr.: to be b., căreo, 2: to be b. of light, i. e., life, luce c., Virg.: v. to be without.