occidentalis

Latin

Etymology

From occidēns (“west”) +‎ -ālis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ok.ki.denˈtaː.lis/, [ɔkːɪd̪ɛn̪ˈt̪äːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ot.t͡ʃi.denˈta.lis/, [otː͡ʃid̪en̪ˈt̪äːlis]

Adjective

occidentālis (neuter occidentāle); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. western, westerly

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	occidentālis	occidentāle		occidentālēs	occidentālia
Genitive	occidentālis			occidentālium
Dative	occidentālī			occidentālibus
Accusative	occidentālem	occidentāle		occidentālēs occidentālīs	occidentālia
Ablative	occidentālī			occidentālibus
Vocative	occidentālis	occidentāle		occidentālēs	occidentālia

Antonyms

• orientālis

Coordinate terms

• borealis
• australis

Descendants

• Catalan: occidental
• English: occidental
• French: occidental
• Italian: occidentale

• Portuguese: ocidental
• Romanian: occidental
• Spanish: occidental

References

• “occidentalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• occidentalis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.