noun · masculinethird declension
oriēns
oriēns m (genitive orientis)
Classical[ˈɔ.ri.ẽːs]Ecclesiastical[ˈɔː.ri.ens]
Mille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- daybreak, dawn, sunrise
- east
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 unde sōl surgit.oriēns -entis m — in Mille Verba, Caelum et Tempestātēs
pars mundī ubi sōl orituroriēns -entis (m) — in IVLIANVS I: Gallia, ch. 1
ubi sōl orituroriēns -entis (m) — in Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, ch. 1, 22
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | oriēns | orientēs |
| genitive | orientis | orientum orientium |
| dative | orientī | orientibus |
| accusative | orientem | orientēs |
| ablative | oriente | orientibus |
| vocative | oriēns | orientēs |
ŏrĭens, entis, Part. and P. a., v. orior.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
oriēns entis, m
P. of orior, the rising sun, morning sun: saevus, V.—The East, Orient: ab oriente ad occidentem: spoliis Orientis onustus, V.: Orientis ora, H.—A day: Septimus hinc, O.
Origins
Present active participle of orior.
Descendants
- Catalanorient
- EnglishOrient
- Frenchorient
- Italianoriente
- Portugueseoriente
- Romanianorient
- Spanishoriente
- Russianориентировать
- Sicilianuriinti
In English words that came into English from oriēns
- Orientalorientālis
- orientoriēns
- orienateoriēns