Latin

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.

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Noun

occidēns m ‎(genitive occidentis); third declension

1. sunset
2. west

Inflection

Third declension.

Antonyms

• (west): oriēns

Derived terms

• occidēntālis

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
4. (by extension) 

Inflection

Third declension.

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “occidens”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (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