occidō, occidere, occidī, occāsum

Definitions for occidere

Wheelock's Latin

Verb

1
to fall down, die, set
English derivatives:
occident occidental occasion occasional

Oxford Latin Dictionary

Verb

1
To fall or collapse in the way.
2
To die (esp. by violent means, in battle, etc.), be struck down, fall. (b) (of a natural species) to die out, become extinct.
3
(of persons) To be done for, be ruined, come to grief. (b) (of countries, institutions, etc.). (c) (of abst. things).
4
(of heavenly bodies) To sink below the horizon, go down, set. (b) sole ~aso, ante solem ~asum, and sim. phrs., after sunset, before sunset, etc. (perhaps on the false analogy of sole orto, etc.). (c) (of a lamp) to become extinguished, go out, fail.
5
(transf., of physical or supernatural forces, institutions, etc.) To sink into nothingness, pass away.

Sentences with occidere

Latin to English

Sub hastam hostis occidit.Compare He fell under the enemy's spear.

Soles occidere et redire possunt.Compare The sun is able to set and rise again.

Senātorēs quīdam Caesarī adeō invidēbant ut eum occīderint.Compare Some senators hated Caesar so much that they killed him.

Corporis et fortunae bonorum ut initium sic finis est, omniaque orta occidunt et aucta senescunt; animus incorruptus, aeternus, rector humani generis agit atque habet cuncta neque ipse habetur.Compare The goods of the body and of fortune have an end just they have a beginning; they rise and fall, they prosper and decline; but the mind, incorrupt, eternal, ruler of the human race, is the master of all things, while it is itself free.

Quaero, quomodo occido.Compare I ask how he killed him.

Occido a servus Milo in Appius via Clodius confiteor.Compare They confess that Clodius had been killed by Milo's slaves on the Appian Road.

Conjugation table for occidere

Cactus2000

ACTIVE
Indicative present	Indicative imperfect
occidō occidis occidit occidimus occiditis occidunt	occidēbam occidēbās occidēbat occidēbāmus occidēbātis occidēbant
Indicative perfect	Indicative pluperfect
occidī occidistī occidit occidimus occidistis occidērunt / occidēre	occideram occiderās occiderat occiderāmus occiderātis occiderant
Indicative future	Indicative future perfect
occidam occidēs occidet occidēmus occidētis occident	occiderō occideris occiderit occiderimus occideritis occiderint
Subjunctive present	Subjunctive imperfect
occidam occidās occidat occidāmus occidātis occidant	occiderem occiderēs occideret occiderēmus occiderētis occiderent
Subjunctive perfect	Subjunctive pluperfect
occiderim occideris occiderit occiderimus occideritis occiderint	occidissem occidissēs occidisset occidissēmus occidissētis occidissent
Infinitive present occidere Infinitive perfect occidisse Infinitive future occāsūrum esse	Imperative present occide occidite Imperative future occiditō occiditō occiditōte occiduntō

PASSIVE
Indicative present	Indicative imperfect
occidor occideris occiditur occidimur occidiminī occiduntur	occidēbar occidēbāris / occidēbāre occidēbātur occidēbāmur occidēbāminī occidēbantur
Indicative perfect	Indicative pluperfect
occāsus sum occāsus es occāsus est occāsī sumus occāsī estis occāsī sunt	occāsus eram occāsus erās occāsus erat occāsī erāmus occāsī erātis occāsī erant
Indicative future	Indicative future perfect
occidar occidēris / occidēre occidētur occidēmur occidēminī occidentur	occāsus erō occāsus eris occāsus erit occāsī erimus occāsī eritis occāsī erunt
Subjunctive present	Subjunctive imperfect
occidar occidāris / occidāre occidātur occidāmur occidāminī occidantur	occiderer occiderēris / occiderēre occiderētur occiderēmur occiderēminī occiderentur
Subjunctive perfect	Subjunctive pluperfect
occāsus sim occāsus sīs occāsus sit occāsī sīmus occāsī sītis occāsī sint	occāsus essem occāsus essēs occāsus esset occāsī essēmus occāsī essētis occāsī essent
Infinitive present occidī Infinitive perfect occāsum esse Infinitive future occāsum īrī	Imperative present occidere occidiminī Imperative future occiditor occiditor - occiduntor

	PARTICIPLE
	Participle present active
Nom.	occidēns	occidentēs
Gen.	occidentis	occidentium
Dat.	occidentī	occidentibus
Acc.	occidentem	occidentēs
Abl.	occidente	occidentibus
	Participle future active
Nom.	occāsūrus	occāsūrī
Gen.	occāsūrī	occāsūrōrum
Dat.	occāsūrō	occāsūrīs
Acc.	occāsūrum	occāsūrōs
Abl.	occāsūrō	occāsūrīs
	Participle perfect passive
Nom.	occāsus	occāsī
Gen.	occāsī	occāsōrum
Dat.	occāsō	occāsīs
Acc.	occāsum	occāsōs
Abl.	occāsō	occāsīs
	Gerundive
Nom.	occidendus	occidendī
Gen.	occidendī	occidendōrum
Dat.	occidendō	occidendīs
Acc.	occidendum	occidendōs
Abl.	occidendō	occidendīs
	Gerund	Supine
Nom.	occidere	occāsum
Gen.	occidendī	occāsū
Dat.	occidendō
Acc.	occidendum
Abl.	occidendō

Data sources

Notes

Definitions
Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 214.
P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1232.
Word frequencies
Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 123.

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Citation

Chicago (17th ed.)

Allo Contributors. "occidō, occidere, occidī, occāsum (v.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified August 14, 2023. Accessed November 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/occido-occidere-occidi-occasum.