occiduus

occĭdŭus, a, um, adj. [2. occĭdo, I.].

• Lit.
• • A Going down, setting (poet. and in post-class. prose): sole jam fere occiduo, Gell. 19, 7, 2: occiduo sole, Ov. M. 1, 63: oriens occiduusque dies, id. F. 4, 832: nox, Calp. Ecl. 3, 82; Stat. Th. 3, 33: Phoebus, Ov. M. 14, 416.—
  • B Transf., western: ab occiduo sole, Ov. F. 5, 558: occiduae aquae, id. ib. 1, 314: occiduae primaeque domus, in the west and in the east, Stat. S. 1, 4, 73; id. Th. 1, 200: Mauri, Luc. 3, 294: montes, Val. Fl. 2, 621: hora, the evening hour, hour of sunset, Calp. Ecl. 5, 34.—As subst.: occiduus (sc. sol), the west, Isid. 5, 35, 8.—
• II Trop.
• • A Sinking, failing: labitur occiduae per iter declive senectae, Ov. M. 15, 227.—
  • B Frail, perishable: exsortes animae carnis ab occiduo, Paul. Nol. Carm. 34, 306.

occiduus, a, um (2. occido), I) untergehend, a) eig.: Phoebus, Ov.: sol, Ov.: sidus, Amm.: sole iam fere occiduo, Gell. – b) meton., abendlich, abendländisch, westlich, occiduae Galliae partes, Cassian.: sol, die Abendgegend, der Westen, Ov.: oriens occiduusque dies, der Osten u. Westen, Ov.: aquae, Abendmeer, Ov.: arenae, Sand eines westlichen Flusses (des Baetis), Calp. – subst., α) occiduus, i, m. (sc. sol), der Westen (Ggstz. oriens), Isid. ong. 5, 35, 8. – β) occidua, ōrum, n., der Westen (Ggstz. eoa, der Osten), Chalcid. Tim. 94 u. 109 sqq. – II) übtr.: a) untergehend = dem Tode nahe, Ov. met. 15, 227. – b) vergänglich, hinfällig, Paul. Nol. carm. 32, 304. Chalcid. Tim. 206. – subst., occidua, ōrum, n., das Vergängliche, Chalcid. Tim. 76.

1 occĭduus [CL; cf. occĭdere] 1 that declines or sets (of heavenly body, w. ref. to time of day): a (of the sun); b (of evening); c (quasi-fig., w. play on sense 5); d (as sb. f. or n. pl.) sunset. a occiduo claudor, sic orto sole patesco Aldh. Aen. 51 (Eliotropus 3) .  b vesper ‥ ~us bellum in crastinum protelavit W. Malm. GR II 119.  c si Paridis forme rosei precelleret oris / gloria ‥ / occiduus sol ille perit Hanv. VI 204.  d ~a, setgang GlS 212. 2 of the region where the sun sets, western: a (topog., geog.); b (w. ref. to church); c (as sb. m. or n.) the west. a occiduas mundi ‥ partes Aldh. Aen. 58 (Vesper sidus 2) ; in ~is Tyrrheni maris faucibus Lib. Monstr. I 12; p792 clarissima stella in ~a caeli parte Alcuin Ep. 287; in ~is et extremis terrarum finibus Gir. TH pref. p. 20; oriens splendor justitie ‥ orbis ~i partes ~as novis lucis sue radiis tempore occiduo illustravit Canon. G. Sempr. 37v; statuit ‥ principem fore omnium ecclesiarum ipsius ~i orbis Elmh. Cant. 111.  b sic ecclesia nostra ~a habet sacramentum infinitum azimum Wycl. Apost. 94.  c vespere jam in ~um declivi W. Malm. GP V 276; cometem precipiti lapsu in ~o ruentem H. Reading (I) Haeret. Ep. 1256B; Cestria ‥ in ~is Britannie posita Lucian Chester 45; in ~o nostro visum est quasi celum aperire G. Hen. V 1; in Hebrides sic insulas ad Albionis ~um Boece f. 4. 3 (of person) who lives in the west or western part of an area; b (as sb. m.) westerner. ~i Saxones Bede HE I 15 p. 31; ~i proceres invictam probitatem et ‥ eorum zelati sunt Ord. Vit. X 19 p. 117; quibus resistere Scoti ~i vc in unum convenerunt Extr. Chr. Scot. 194.  b in quadrivio ‥ cujus studium apud orientes magis, apud ~os vero minus vigere solet Gir. GE II 37. 4 (of part of body): a lower. b posterior. a s1234 quorum unus videns ~am partem dorsi minus armis communitam percussit eum in posteriora M. Par. Maj. III 279.  b capilli in diversa se vertunt et alii descendunt ad frontem, alii ad ~am capitis partem; alii hinc inde ad aures et tempora Bald. Cant. Tract. 8. 483A; transigit Euripilum jaculabilis hasta Menalce / occiduas ingressa comas J. Exon. BT VI 228. 5 that is in moral decline. prodigia ‥ occidentalia ‥ his vel ~is temporibus inveniant editorem Gir. TH II pref. p. 74; tempore ~o Canon. G. Sempr. 37v (v. 2a supra). 6 perishable, mortal, that falls to death. b (as sb. m.) mortal man. c (as sb. n.) perishable thing. ignari occiduae nullo prodente ruinae Wulf. Brev. 622; una sc. dies erit eternaliter in ~is beatis et una nox infinita damnatis Gosc. Lib. Confort. 48; vesperum est hec ~a vita et matutinum claritas sempiterna Ib. 89; ad oblectamenta hujus vite ~e deserenda non segnus accendit Chr. Witham 501.  b seducit ~os quod non credant visui, ut panis sacramentalis sit hostia consecrata Wycl. Versut. 102.  c ~a flere et ad aeterna anhelare Bede Luke 403.

2 occīduus [cf. CL occīdere] , that is to be killed or slaughtered. hic ovile dicit occiduum / et pastorem cesum precipuum J. Howd. Ph. 676.

occĭdŭus, (14) a, um (occido 1), qui se couche : sole occiduo Gell. 19, 7, 2, au soleil couchant, cf. Ov. M. 1, 63 || du couchant, occidental : Ov. F. 1, 314 ; 5, 558 ; Luc. 3, 294 || [fig.] à son déclin, qui touche à sa fin, à la mort : Ov. M. 15, 226 || caduc, éphémère : P. Nol. Carm. 34, 306.

occiduus , a, um. adj.
两邊者。— orbis 西邊。Sole jam fere occiduo 日將落之時。Senecta occidua 老邁。

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occiduus adj.

• ob+1 CAD-, going down, setting: occiduo sole, O.: dies, O.—Western: ab occiduo sole, O.—Fig., sinking, failing: senecta, O.