oriens

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of orior

Participle

oriēns (genitive orientis); third-declension one-termination participle

  1. rising
  2. appearing
  3. originating

Declension

Third-declension participle.

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
orientīs		 orientia
Ablative oriente
orientī1		 orientibus
Vocative oriēns orientēs orientia

1When used purely as an adjective.

Noun

oriēns m (genitive orientis); third declension

  1. daybreak, dawn, sunrise
  2. east

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative oriēns orientēs
Genitive orientis orientum
Dative orientī orientibus
Accusative orientem orientēs
Ablative oriente orientibus
Vocative oriēns orientēs

Antonyms

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Catalan: orient
  • English: Orient
  • French: orient
  • Italian: oriente
  • Portuguese: oriente
  • Romanian: orient
  • Spanish: oriente

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

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