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orientem

orientem is a Latin form of orior, meaning “rise, arise; spring from”. It is the present active participle accusative singular masculine.

It can also be a form of Oriens, “the East, the rising sun”.

Found 128 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 1.1.6: Belgae ab extremis Galliae finibus oriuntur, pertinent ad inferiorem partem fluminis Rheni, spectant in septentrionem et orientem solem.

Tacitus, Historiae 1.78: … exercitum Vespasianus, Syriae legiones Mucianus sacramento Othonis adegere; simul Aegyptus omnesque versae in Orientem provinciae nomine eius tenebantur. idem Africae obsequium, initio Carthagine orto neque expectata Vipstani Ap …

All forms of orior (conjugation table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.