noun · masculinesecond declension
auster
auster m (genitive austrī)
Classical[ˈau̯s.tɛr]Ecclesiastical[ˈau̯s.ter]
Meaning
- masculinethe south wind
- masculinesouth (compass direction)
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
ventus, quī ā merīdiē venitauster -trī (m) — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 22
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | auster | austrī |
| genitive | austrī | austrōrum |
| dative | austrō | austrīs |
| accusative | austrum | austrōs |
| ablative | austrō | austrīs |
| vocative | auster | austrī |
auster, tri, m. Sanscr. ush-, to burn; the burning, hot wind,
I. the south wind (opp. aquilo, the north wind).
I. Lit.:
auster fulmine pollens, Lucr. 5, 745: validus, id. 1, 899; Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 15: vehemens, Cic. Att. 16, 7: turbidus, Hor. C. 3, 3, 4: nubilus. Prop. 3, 8, 56: umidus, bringing or producing rain, Verg. G. 1, 462; so, pluvius, Ov. M. 1, 66: frigidus, Verg. G. 4, 261, and Prop. 3, 22, 16: hibernus. Tib. 1, 1, 47; Vulg. Cant. 4, 16; ib. Luc. 12, 25 et saep.—II. Meton., the south country, the south:
in aquilonis austrive partibus, Cic. Rep. 6, 20, 22; so Varr. L. L. 9, § 25 Müll.; Plin. 2, 9, 6, § 43; Vulg. Exod. 26, 16; ib. Matt. 12, 42.auster = austerus, q. v.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
auster trī, m
AVS-, the south wind: portus ab austro tutus, Cs.: vehemens: turbidus, H.: pluvius, O.: frigidus, V.: floribus austrum inmisi, have exposed to the parching blast, V.—The south country, the south: in aquilonis austrive partibus: mundus Libyae devexus in austros, south of Libya, V.
Origins
From Proto-Italic *austeros, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwsteros, from *h₂ews- (“dawn”). Cognate with Latin aurōra, English east, German Ost.
Borrowings
- Catalanaustre
- Englishauster
- EnglishAuster
- Italianaustro
- Portugueseaustro
- Spanishaustro
- Galicianaustro
- Old Frenchaustre
- Old Frenchauster
- Old Frenchaster
Italo-Dalmatian
- Italianostro
- Englishostrofrom Italian ostro
- Spanishostrofrom Italian ostro
- Dalmatianuostro
Balkano-Romance
- Romanianaustru
- Aromanianaustru