occidentalis

Latin

Etymology

From occidēns (“west”) +‎ -ālis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ok.ki.denˈtaː.lis/, [ɔkːɪd̪ɛn̪ˈt̪äːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ot.t͡ʃi.denˈta.lis/, [otː͡ʃid̪en̪ˈt̪äːlis]

Adjective

occidentālis (neuter occidentāle); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. western, westerly

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	occidentālis	occidentāle		occidentālēs	occidentālia
genitive	occidentālis			occidentālium
dative	occidentālī			occidentālibus
accusative	occidentālem	occidentāle		occidentālēs occidentālīs	occidentālia
ablative	occidentālī			occidentālibus
vocative	occidentālis	occidentāle		occidentālēs	occidentālia

Antonyms

• orientālis

Coordinate terms

• borealis
• australis

Descendants

• Catalan: occidental
• English: occidental
• French: occidental
• Italian: occidentale
• Portuguese: ocidental
• Romanian: occidental
• Sicilian: accidintali
• Spanish: occidental

References

• “occidentalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• occidentalis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.