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Lewis Short
occāsus (noun M) : occĭdo.
* A falling, going down (class.; cf. obitus).
* Lit., a going down, setting, of the heavenly bodies; esp. of the sun: ante occasum Maiae,Verg. G. 1, 225: ortus occasusque signorum,the rising and setting of the constellations,Quint. 1, 4, 4: solis,Caes. B. G. 1, 50; 2, 11; 3, 15; Liv. 9, 32.—Absol.: praecipiti in occasum die,Tac. H. 3, 86.
* For occasio, an occasion, opportunity, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 178 Müll. (Ann. v. 164; 171; 292 Vahl.).
* Trop., downfall, ruin, destruction, end, death: post obitum occasumque vestrum,Cic. Pis. 15, 34: occasus interitusque rei publicae,id. ib. 8, 18: id. Sull. 11, 33: Iliaci cineres et flamma extrema meorum, Testor, in occasu vestro, etc.,Verg. A. 2, 432; cf. Trojae,id. ib. 1, 238: post L. Aelii nostri occasum,death,Cic. Ac. 1, 2, 8: odii,Quint. Decl. 9, 18.— *
* A falling, going down (class.; cf. obitus).
* Lit., a going down, setting, of the heavenly bodies; esp. of the sun: ante occasum Maiae,Verg. G. 1, 225: ortus occasusque signorum,the rising and setting of the constellations,Quint. 1, 4, 4: solis,Caes. B. G. 1, 50; 2, 11; 3, 15; Liv. 9, 32.—Absol.: praecipiti in occasum die,Tac. H. 3, 86.
* For occasio, an occasion, opportunity, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 178 Müll. (Ann. v. 164; 171; 292 Vahl.).
* Trop., downfall, ruin, destruction, end, death: post obitum occasumque vestrum,Cic. Pis. 15, 34: occasus interitusque rei publicae,id. ib. 8, 18: id. Sull. 11, 33: Iliaci cineres et flamma extrema meorum, Testor, in occasu vestro, etc.,Verg. A. 2, 432; cf. Trojae,id. ib. 1, 238: post L. Aelii nostri occasum,death,Cic. Ac. 1, 2, 8: odii,Quint. Decl. 9, 18.— *
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
Lewis Short
occāsus, a, um, Part., from occĭdo.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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