obiens

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of obeō (“go to meet”)

Participle

obiēns (genitive obeuntis); third-declension one-termination participle

  1. going towards, going to meet
  2. arriving, reaching, coming to.
  3. (astronomy) setting
  4. (figuratively) falling, perishing
  5. (figuratively) surveying, looking over

Declension

Third-declension participle.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative obiēns obeuntēs obeuntia
genitive obeuntis obeuntium
dative obeuntī obeuntibus
accusative obeuntem obiēns obeuntēs
obeuntīs 		obeuntia
ablative obeunte
obeuntī1 		obeuntibus
vocative obiēns obeuntēs obeuntia

1When used purely as an adjective.

References

  • “obiens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • obiens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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