occidens
Dictionary entries
- Entry →occidens, (gen.), occidentis:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Science
connected with sunset/evening; western, westerly;
acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (all)voc. sg. (all) - Entry →occidens, occidentis:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Science
west; region of the setting sun; western part of the world/its inhabitants;
nom. sg.voc. sg. - Entry →occido, occidere, occidi, occasus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
fall, fall down; perish, die, be slain; be ruined/done for, decline, end;; kill, murder, slaughter, slay; cut/knock down; weary, be the death/ruin of;
acc. sg. pres. act. part.nom. sg. pres. act. part.voc. sg. pres. act. part.
Examples
Liber V
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...apud nos sine nomine est. [16,5] Aequinoctialis occidens fauonium mittit, quem zephyrum esse dicent tibi etiam..."Liber I
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...contra est latus uerberatur. Deinde aliquando arcum et occidens facit; tum certe ex inferiore parte nubes ferit terris..."Thyestes
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...stabilis fauor uulgi praecipitis mouet, non quidquid fodit Occidens aut unda Tagus aurea claro deuehit alueo, non quidquid..."Agamemnon
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...globo nitidum cadentis inquinat Phoebi iubar; suspecta uarius occidens fecit freta. nox prima caelum sparserat stellis, iacent deserta..."Medea
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...indocto regimen magistro; litore externo, procul a paternis occidens regnis tumuloque uili tectus ignotas iacet inter umbras. Aulis..."Agricola
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from Minor Works
"...avari, si pauper, ambitiosi, quos non Oriens, non Occidens satiaverit: soli omnium opes atque inopiam pari adfectu concupiscunt..."
