LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinefourth declension

occāsus1

occāsus m (genitive occāsūs)
Classical[ɔkˈkaː.sʊs]Ecclesiastical[okˈkaː.s̬us]

Meaning

  1. setting (of the sun etc.)
  2. west

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

sōlis occāsus = cum sōl cadit; vesper
setting; downfall
occāsus -ūs (m) — in De Bello Gallico III, ch. 21

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeoccāsusoccāsūs
genitiveoccāsūsoccāsuum
dativeoccāsuīoccāsibus
accusativeoccāsumoccāsūs
ablativeoccāsūoccāsibus
vocativeoccāsusoccāsūs

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

ortus, occasus solis
sunrise; sunset.

occāsus, ūs, m. occĭdo.
I. A falling, going down (class.; cf. obitus).
A. Lit., a going down, setting, of the heavenly bodies; esp. of the sun: ante occasum Maiae, Verg. G. 1, 225: ortus occasusque signorum, the rising and setting of the constellations, Quint. 1, 4, 4: solis, Caes. B. G. 1, 50; 2, 11; 3, 15; Liv. 9, 32.—Absol.: praecipiti in occasum die, Tac. H. 3, 86.—
B. Transf., the quarter of the heavens in which the sun sets, sunset, the west: inter occasum solis et septentriones, Caes. B. G. 1, 1: ab ortu ad occasum, Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 49. —Plur., Ov. M. 2, 190: ager Longus in occasum, Verg. A. 11, 317: de terrā occasus solis, Vulg. Zach. 8, 7.—
C. Trop., downfall, ruin, destruction, end, death: post obitum occasumque vestrum, Cic. Pis. 15, 34: occasus interitusque rei publicae, id. ib. 8, 18: id. Sull. 11, 33: Iliaci cineres et flamma extrema meorum, Testor, in occasu vestro, etc., Verg. A. 2, 432; cf. Trojae, id. ib. 1, 238: post L. Aelii nostri occasum, death, Cic. Ac. 1, 2, 8: odii, Quint. Decl. 9, 18.— *
II. For occasio, an occasion, opportunity, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 178 Müll. (Ann. v. 164; 171; 292 Vahl.).

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin occāsus From occidō + -tus.

Descendants
  • Catalanocàs
  • Italianoccaso
  • Portugueseocaso
  • Spanishocaso
  • Galicianocaso

In English words that came into English from occāsus

  • occasionoccāsiō
  • occasiveoccasivus
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
occāsus2
occāsus (feminine occāsa, neuter occāsum)
Classical[ɔkˈkaː.sʊs]Ecclesiastical[okˈkaː.s̬us]

Meaning

  1. adjectivesetting
  2. adjectivewestern

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeoccāsusoccāsaoccāsum
genitiveoccāsīoccāsaeoccāsī
dativeoccāsōoccāsaeoccāsō
accusativeoccāsumoccāsamoccāsum
ablativeoccāsōoccāsāoccāsō
vocativeoccāseoccāsaoccāsum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeoccāsīoccāsaeoccāsa
genitiveoccāsōrumoccāsārumoccāsōrum
dativeoccāsīsoccāsīsoccāsīs
accusativeoccāsōsoccāsāsoccāsa
ablativeoccāsīsoccāsīsoccāsīs
vocativeoccāsīoccāsaeoccāsa

occāsus, a, um, Part., from occĭdo.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin occāsus From occidō + -tus.

Quick answers

What does occāsus mean in Latin?
occāsus, a noun, means “setting (of the sun etc.); west”.
What is the genitive of occāsus?
The genitive singular is occāsūs. occāsus is masculine, fourth declension.
How do you pronounce occāsus?
In classical Latin, [ɔkˈkaː.sʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [okˈkaː.s̬us].