〈ana ME E〉 ana ūmi elû? ‘to rise acronychally’
〈E ME〉 ? ‘acronychal rising’
〈acronyctus〉 ‘in opposition to the sun’
〈occasus〉 ‘setting’
〈occido〉 ‘to set’
occidualis
Latin adjective
Last edited: 2023-12-12| Primary meaning | setting |
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| Literal translation | western |
| Variants | occidualis |
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setting astronomical term
Stellae quinque, id est Saturnus, Iuppiter, Mars, Venus, Mercurius, matutinae sunt aut vespertinae aut occiduales aut absconsae, quae a Graecis afaneis et synodicae dicuntur, aut acronyctae.
‘The five planets, that is, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Venus, Mercury, are either matutine, vespertine, setting, or hidden (by the Sun's rays). These the Greeks call afaneis (hidden), synodicae (in conjunction with he sun), or acronyctae (at nightfall).’
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). occidualis (Lemma #946). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/946/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). occidualis (Lemma #946). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/946/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). occidualis (Lemma #946). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/946/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) occidualis (Lemma #946), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/946/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX
@misc{zodiac946,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
year = {2023},
title = {occidualis ({Lemma} #946)},
url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/946/},
howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/946/},
}