I. Lit.
A. Going down, setting (poet. and in post-class. prose): “sole jam fere occiduo,” Gell. 19, 7, 2: “occiduo sole,” Ov. M. 1, 63: “oriens occiduusque dies,” id. F. 4, 832: “nox,” Calp. Ecl. 3, 82; Stat. Th. 3, 33: “Phoebus,” Ov. M. 14, 416.—
B. Transf., western: “ab occiduo sole,” Ov. F. 5, 558: “occiduae aquae,” id. ib. 1, 314: “occiduae primaeque domus,” in the west and in the east, Stat. S. 1, 4, 73; id. Th. 1, 200: “Mauri,” Luc. 3, 294: “montes,” Val. Fl. 2, 621: “hora,” the evening hour, hour of sunset, Calp. Ecl. 5, 34.—As subst.: “occiduus (sc. sol),” the west, Isid. 5, 35, 8.—
II. Trop.
