occasus
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɔkˈkaː.sʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [okˈkaː.s̬us]
Noun
occāsus m (genitive occāsūs); fourth declension
Declension
Fourth-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | occāsus | occāsūs |
| genitive | occāsūs | occāsuum |
| dative | occāsuī | occāsibus |
| accusative | occāsum | occāsūs |
| ablative | occāsū | occāsibus |
| vocative | occāsus | occāsūs |
Coordinate terms
compass points: [edit]
| septentriō boreās |
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| occidēns occāsus |
oriēns eurus | |
| merīdiēs auster |
Derived terms
Descendants
Adjective
occāsus (feminine occāsa, neuter occāsum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | occāsus | occāsa | occāsum | occāsī | occāsae | occāsa | |
| genitive | occāsī | occāsae | occāsī | occāsōrum | occāsārum | occāsōrum | |
| dative | occāsō | occāsae | occāsō | occāsīs | |||
| accusative | occāsum | occāsam | occāsum | occāsōs | occāsās | occāsa | |
| ablative | occāsō | occāsā | occāsō | occāsīs | |||
| vocative | occāse | occāsa | occāsum | occāsī | occāsae | occāsa | |
References
- “occasus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “occasus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- occasus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- sunrise; sunset: ortus, occasus solis
- (ambiguous) to be situate to the north-west: spectare inter occasum solis et septentriones
- sunrise; sunset: ortus, occasus solis