〈MAR〉 amurru ‘west’
〈ŠU₂〉 rabû ‘west’
〈ᵈUTU.ŠU₂.A〉 ereb Šamši ‘west’
〈occido〉 ‘to set’
〈ortus〉 ‘rising’
〈אָחוֹר〉 ʾāḥôr ‘west’
〈מְבוֹא הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ〉 məb̲ôʾ haššemeš ‘west’
〈מַעֲרָב〉 maʿărāb̲ ‘west’
occidens
Latin noun
Last edited: 2023-12-12| Primary meaning | west |
|---|---|
| Literal translation | sinking |
| Variants | occidens |
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west cardinal direction
cur non [...] ad occidentem transferat orientique restituat
‘why it does not carry [...] over to the west and return it back to the east’
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). occidens (Lemma #854). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/854/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). occidens (Lemma #854). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/854/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). occidens (Lemma #854). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/854/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) occidens (Lemma #854), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/854/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX
@misc{zodiac854,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
year = {2023},
title = {occidens ({Lemma} #854)},
url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/854/},
howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/854/},
}