oriens
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Sol oriens.
Latin
Etymology
Present active participle of orior
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈo.ri.ens/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈo.ri.ens/,
Participle
oriēns (genitive orientis); third-declension one-termination participle
Declension
Third-declension participle.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
| nominative | oriēns | orientēs | orientia | ||
| genitive | orientis | orientium | |||
| dative | orientī | orientibus | |||
| accusative | orientem | oriēns | orientēs orientīs |
orientia | |
| ablative | oriente orientī1 |
orientibus | |||
| vocative | oriēns | orientēs | orientia | ||
1When used purely as an adjective.
Noun
oriēns m (genitive orientis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | oriēns | orientēs |
| genitive | orientis | orientum |
| dative | orientī | orientibus |
| accusative | orientem | orientēs |
| ablative | oriente | orientibus |
| vocative | oriēns | orientēs |
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “east”): occidēns
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “oriens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “oriens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- oriens 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
- to lie to the east, west, south, north: spectare in (vergere ad) orientem (solem), occidentem (solem), ad meridiem, in septentriones