occidens
Latin
Etymology 1
Present active participle of occidō (“I fall down; pass away”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈok.ki.dens/, [ˈɔkːɪd̪ẽːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈot.t͡ʃi.dens/, [ˈɔtː͡ʃid̪ens]
Participle
occidēns (genitive occidentis); third-declension one-termination participle
- falling down
- (of heavenly bodies) going down, setting
- perishing, dying, passing away
- being lost, being undone, being ruined
Declension
Third-declension participle.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
Nominative | occidēns | occidentēs | occidentia | ||
Genitive | occidentis | occidentium | |||
Dative | occidentī | occidentibus | |||
Accusative | occidentem | occidēns | occidentēs occidentīs |
occidentia | |
Ablative | occidente occidentī1 |
occidentibus | |||
Vocative | occidēns | occidentēs | occidentia |
1When used purely as an adjective.
Noun
occidēns m (genitive occidentis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | occidēns | occidentēs |
Genitive | occidentis | occidentum |
Dative | occidentī | occidentibus |
Accusative | occidentem | occidentēs |
Ablative | occidente | occidentibus |
Vocative | occidēns | occidentēs |
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
Present active participle of occīdō (“fell; slay”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /okˈkiː.dens/, [ɔkˈkiːd̪ẽːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /otˈt͡ʃi.dens/, [otˈt͡ʃiːd̪ens]
Participle
occīdēns (genitive occīdentis); third-declension one-termination participle
- felling, cutting to the ground; beating, smashing, crushing
- killing, slaying, slaughtering
- (by extension) plaguing to death, torturing, tormenting, pestering
Declension
Third-declension participle.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
Nominative | occīdēns | occīdentēs | occīdentia | ||
Genitive | occīdentis | occīdentium | |||
Dative | occīdentī | occīdentibus | |||
Accusative | occīdentem | occīdēns | occīdentēs occīdentīs |
occīdentia | |
Ablative | occīdente occīdentī1 |
occīdentibus | |||
Vocative | occīdēns | occīdentēs | occīdentia |
1When used purely as an adjective.
References
- “occidens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “occidens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- occidens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to lie to the east, west, south, north: spectare in (vergere ad) orientem (solem), occidentem (solem), ad meridiem, in septentriones
- eastern, western Germany: Germania quae or Germaniae ea pars quae, ad orientem, occidentem vergit
- the evening of life: vita occidens
- to lie to the east, west, south, north: spectare in (vergere ad) orientem (solem), occidentem (solem), ad meridiem, in septentriones
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