obiens
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Present active participle of obeō (“go to meet”)
Participle[edit]
obiēns (genitive obeuntis); third-declension one-termination participle
- going towards, going to meet
- arriving, reaching, coming to.
- (astronomy) setting
- (figuratively) falling, perishing
- (figuratively) surveying, looking over
Declension[edit]
Third-declension participle.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | obiēns | obeuntēs | obeuntia | ||
| Genitive | obeuntis | obeuntium | |||
| Dative | obeuntī | obeuntibus | |||
| Accusative | obeuntem | obiēns | obeuntēs obeuntīs |
obeuntia | |
| Ablative | obeunte obeuntī1 |
obeuntibus | |||
| Vocative | obiēns | obeuntēs | obeuntia | ||
1When used purely as an adjective.
References[edit]
- “obiens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- obiens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.