occidens

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Latin

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

Participle

occidēns (genitive occidentis); third-declension one-termination participle

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

Third-declension participle.

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
    Antonym: oriēns
Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative occidēns occidentēs
Genitive occidentis occidentum
Dative occidentī occidentibus
Accusative occidentem occidentēs
Ablative occidente occidentibus
Vocative occidēns occidentēs
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

Participle

occīdēns (genitive occīdentis); third-declension one-termination participle

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

Third-declension participle.

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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