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oriens
oriens
Latin
Participle
oriēns m, f, n (genitive orientis); third declension
Inflection
Third declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| nominative | oriēns | orientēs | orientia | ||
| genitive | orientis | orientium | |||
| dative | orientī | orientibus | |||
| accusative | orientem | oriēns | orientēs | orientia | |
| ablative | orientī | orientibus | |||
| vocative | oriēns | orientēs | orientia | ||
Noun
oriēns m (genitive orientis); third declension
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | oriēns | orientēs |
| genitive | orientis | orientum |
| dative | orientī | orientibus |
| accusative | orientem | orientēs |
| ablative | oriente | orientibus |
| vocative | oriēns | orientēs |
Antonyms
- (east): occidēns
Derived terms
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
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “oriens”, 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
- to lie to the east, west, south, north: spectare in (vergere ad) orientem (solem), occidentem (solem), ad meridiem, in septentriones