obiens

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of obeō (“go to meet”)

Participle

obiēns (genitive obeuntis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. going towards, going to meet
2. arriving, reaching, coming to.
3. (astronomy) setting
4. (figuratively) falling, perishing
5. (figuratively) surveying, looking over

Declension

Third-declension participle.

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.