occidens

Latin

Etymology 1

Present active participle of occidō (“I fall down; pass away”).

Participle

occidēns m, f, n (genitive occidentis); third declension

  1. falling down
  2. (of heavenly bodies) going down, setting
  3. perishing, dying, passing away
  4. being lost, being undone, being ruined
Inflection

Third declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
nominative occidēns occidentēs occidentia
genitive occidentis occidentium
dative occidentī occidentibus
accusative occidentem occidēns occidentēs, occidentīs occidentia
ablative occidente, occidentī1 occidentibus
vocative occidēns occidentēs occidentia

1When used purely as an adjective.

Noun

occidēns m (genitive occidentis); third declension

  1. sunset
  2. west
Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative occidēns occidentēs
genitive occidentis occidentum
dative occidentī occidentibus
accusative occidentem occidentēs
ablative occidente occidentibus
vocative occidēns occidentēs
Antonyms
Derived terms

Descendants

Etymology 2

Present active participle of occīdō (“fell; slay”).

Participle

occīdēns m, f, n (genitive occīdentis); third declension

  1. felling, cutting to the ground; beating, smashing, crushing
  2. killing, slaying, slaughtering
  3. (by extension) plaguing to death, torturing, tormenting, pestering
Inflection

Third declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
nominative occīdēns occīdentēs occīdentia
genitive occīdentis occīdentium
dative occīdentī occīdentibus
accusative occīdentem occīdēns occīdentēs, occīdentīs occīdentia
ablative occīdente, occīdentī1 occīdentibus
vocative occīdēns occīdentēs occīdentia

1When used purely as an adjective.

References

  • occidens in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • occidens in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • occidens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to lie to the east, west, south, north: spectare in (vergere ad) orientem (solem), occidentem (solem), ad meridiem, in septentriones
    • eastern, western Germany: Germania quae or Germaniae ea pars quae, ad orientem, occidentem vergit
    • the evening of life: vita occidens
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