noun · masculinethird declension
occidēns
occidēns m (genitive occidentis)
Classical[ˈɔk.kɪ.dẽːs]Ecclesiastical[ˈɔt.t͡ʃi.dens]
Mille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- sunset
- west
ā septentriōne et occidente sicciōrēs quam ā merīdiē et oriente
from the North and West they [winds] are drier than from the South or East77 CE – 79 CE, Plinius Maior, Naturalis Historia 2.126.8
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
pars caelī ubi sōl cadit.occidēns -entis m — in Mille Verba, Caelum et Tempestātēs
ubi sōl occiditoccidēns -entis (m) — in Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, ch. 22
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | occidēns | occidentēs |
| genitive | occidentis | occidentum |
| dative | occidentī | occidentibus |
| accusative | occidentem | occidentēs |
| ablative | occidente | occidentibus |
| vocative | occidēns | occidentēs |
occĭdens, entis, Part. and P. a., from 2. occĭdo.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
occidēns entis, m
P. of 2 occido, the sunset, west, occident: ab occidente, S.: ab oriente ad occidentem.
Origins
Present active participle of occidō (“to fall down; pass away”).
Descendants
- Catalanoccident
- Englishoccidentfrom Old French occident
- EnglishOccidentfrom Old French occident
- Frenchoccidentfrom Old French occident
- Romanianoccidentfrom Old French occident
- GermanOkzidentfrom Middle High German occident(e)
- Italianoccidente
- Portugueseocidente
- Spanishoccidente
- Sicilianaccidenti
In English words that came into English from occidēns
- occidentaloccidentalis