Dictionary formoccidens, occidentis(masculine)
Translation
the west; the setting sun
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Grammar
Cases
| Case | singular |
|---|---|
| Nominativethe subject | occidens |
| Vocativecalling someone: O ... | occidens |
| Accusativethe direct object; after ad, in (into), per | occidentem |
| Genitiveof | occidentis |
| Dativeto, for | occidenti |
| Ablativeby, with, from; after a, ab, cum, de, e, ex, in (in), sine | occidente |
Examples
vergit.
The sun sinks towards the west.
.
The wind comes from the west.
Graecis differt.
The Church of the West differs from the Greeks.
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They made their journey towards the west.
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Between east and west the land lies.
Occidens, occidentis, m., third declension. It is not really a noun but the present participle of occido, "fall, set", left standing on its own with sol understood: the setting sun, therefore the west. Oriens is built the same way from orior, and the two are always learnt as a pair.
The trap is the homograph. Occido, occidere, occidi, occasum, "fall, set", has a short i and is the one you want here; occido, occidere, occidi, occisum, "kill", has a long one, from ob plus caedo. Same spelling on the page, different supine, wholly different sense. In the medieval corpus occidens is usually the Latin West set against the Greek East.
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