Oriens

Oriens est caeli regio unde sol oritur, ideo etiam ortus appellatur.^[1] Quod ad geographiam attinet, oriens ad totam Asiam refertur.^[2] Ventus ab oriente surgens subsolanus^[3] vel apeliotes^[4] appellatur.

↑ Mela Chor. 1.3 "unde sol oritur oriens nuncupatur aut ortus, quo demergitur occidens vel occasus."
↑ Cf. Curt. Hist. 6.11.29 "Asiam et totum Orientem."
↑ Sen. Naturales Quaestiones 5.16.4; Plin. Nat. 2.119.
↑ Cat. 26.3; Plin. Nat. 2.119.

[1] Mela Chor. 1.3 "unde sol oritur oriens nuncupatur aut ortus, quo demergitur occidens vel occasus."

[2] Cf. Curt. Hist. 6.11.29 "Asiam et totum Orientem."

[3] Sen. Naturales Quaestiones 5.16.4; Plin. Nat. 2.119.

[4] Cat. 26.3; Plin. Nat. 2.119.

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Oriens

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