ex-orbĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [orbita] (post-class.).
I Neutr. , to go out of the track , to deviate.
A Lit.: exorbitantes boves, qui vehiculum trahebant, Aug. Civ. D. 22, 8 med. : stellis exorbitare a praestitutis itineribus non licet, Lact. 2, 5, 12.—
B Trop.: a regula, Tert. adv. Marc. 3, 2: a catholicae fidei regulis, Sid. Ep. 8, 11 fin. —
II Act. , to turn out of the track , turn aside; trop.: animum a tramite, Sid. Ep. 5, 16.