obiens
Latin
Etymology
Present active participle of obeō (“go to meet”)
Participle
obiēns m, f, n (genitive obeuntis); third declension
- going towards, going to meet
- arriving, reaching, coming to.
- (astronomy) setting
- (figuratively) falling, perishing
- (figuratively) surveying, looking over
Inflection
Third declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | obiēns | obeuntēs | obeuntia | ||
| Genitive | obeuntis | obeuntium | |||
| Dative | obeuntī | obeuntibus | |||
| Accusative | obeuntem | obiēns | obeuntēs, obeuntīs | obeuntia | |
| Ablative | obeunte, obeuntī1 | obeuntibus | |||
| Vocative | obiēns | obeuntēs | obeuntia | ||
1When used purely as an adjective.
References
- obiens in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- obiens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette