English → Latin
“east, the east” in Latin
oriorto rise, get up; to appear, arise, become visible; to be born, come to exist, originatesōlusalone, sole, only, by oneself with no others around; solitary, uninhabitedparsa part, portion, piece, share; pars ... pars ..., some ... others ...; a party, fraction, side
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
east, the east
oriens (general term): pars caeli orientis solis: regio orientis (as a quarter of the heavens). To lie toward the east, ad orientem vergere; in orientem spectare: to look toward the east (of men), ad partem caeli orientis solis spectare: from the east, ex oriente: from east to west, ab ortu solis ad occidentem: in the east, in oriente (Sall.).
“The East” (= the eastern parts of the world), orientis (solis) partes (Cic., Fam., 12, 5, 3), terrae, regiones, provinciae, gentes.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for east, the east?
- The usual Latin words for “east, the east” are orior, sōlus, pars. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.