EAST, THE EAST Copy link • EAST, THE EASToriens (general term): pars caeli orientis solis: regio orientis (as a quarter of the heavens). To lie toward the east, ad orientem vergere; in orientem spectare: to look toward the east (of men), ad partem caeli orientis solis spectare: from the east, ex oriente: from east to west, ab ortu solis ad occidentem: in the east, in oriente (Sall.). “The East” (= the eastern parts of the world), orientis (solis) partes (Cic., Fam., 12, 5, 3), terrae, regiones, provinciae, gentes.