occasus

Latin

Etymology

From occidō.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /okˈkaː.sus/, [ɔkˈkaː.sʊs]

Noun

occāsus m (genitive occāsūs); fourth declension

  1. setting (of the sun etc.)
  2. west

Inflection

Fourth declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative occāsus occāsūs
Genitive occāsūs occāsuum
Dative occāsuī occāsibus
Accusative occāsum occāsūs
Ablative occāsū occāsibus
Vocative occāsus occāsūs

Derived terms

Adjective

occāsus (feminine occāsa, neuter occāsum); first/second declension

  1. setting
  2. western

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender 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 occāsīs occāsīs
Accusative occāsum occāsam occāsum occāsōs occāsās occāsa
Ablative occāsō occāsā occāsō occāsīs occāsīs 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, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • sunrise; sunset: ortus, occasus solis
    • (ambiguous) to be situate to the north-west: spectare inter occasum solis et septentriones
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