oriēns, orientis [3/m]: east and occidēns, occidentis [3/m]: west are, in this context, not 3rd declension adjectives but nouns.
Look at the examples: their
ablatives end in -e and, therefore, they are nouns.
Sōl in oriente oritur.
│ The sun rises in the East.
Sōl in occidente occīdit.
│ The sets in the West.
Ventus ab oriente spīrat.
│ The wind is blowing from the East.
Ventus ab occidente flat.
│ The wind is blowing from the West.
However, words that have
these endings -(ē)ns, -(e)ntis involve further discussion which
will come in a later post.
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