〈ŠU₂〉 rabû ‘to set’
〈δύνω〉 dunō ‘to set’
〈καταδύνω〉 katadunō ‘to set’
〈ἐπιδύνω〉 epidunō ‘to set’
〈occidens〉 ‘west’
〈occidualis〉 ‘setting’
〈בָּא〉 bāʾ ‘to set’
occido
Latin verb
Last edited: 2023-12-12| Primary meaning | to set |
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| Literal translation | to fall |
| Variants | occido |
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to set astronomical event
Hae in vicinis signorum regionibus collocatae, cum XII signis oriuntur et cum ipsis occidunt rursus, inmutatum semper cursus sui ordinem reservantes.
‘These are located in the neighboring regions of the signs, rise with the twelve and set with them, keeping always an unchanging course.’
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). occido (Lemma #1460). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1460/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). occido (Lemma #1460). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1460/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). occido (Lemma #1460). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1460/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) occido (Lemma #1460), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1460/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX
@misc{zodiac1460,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
year = {2023},
title = {occido ({Lemma} #1460)},
url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1460/},
howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1460/},
}