LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

austrīnus

austrīnus (feminine austrīna, neuter austrīnum)
Classical[au̯sˈtriː.nʊs]Ecclesiastical[au̯sˈtriː.nus]

Meaning

  1. adjectivesouthern

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeaustrīnusaustrīnaaustrīnum
genitiveaustrīnīaustrīnaeaustrīnī
dativeaustrīnōaustrīnaeaustrīnō
accusativeaustrīnumaustrīnamaustrīnum
ablativeaustrīnōaustrīnāaustrīnō
vocativeaustrīneaustrīnaaustrīnum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeaustrīnīaustrīnaeaustrīna
genitiveaustrīnōrumaustrīnārumaustrīnōrum
dativeaustrīnīsaustrīnīsaustrīnīs
accusativeaustrīnōsaustrīnāsaustrīna
ablativeaustrīnīsaustrīnīsaustrīnīs
vocativeaustrīnīaustrīnaeaustrīna

austrīnus, a, um, adj. 1. auster, II.,
I. southern (poet.; also freq. in post-Aug. prose; esp. in Pliny; syn.: australis, meridianus): calores, Verg. G. 2, 271: dies, on which the south wind blows, Col. 11, 2. 37; Plin. 17, 2, 2, § 12: piscis (a constellation), Col. 11, 2, 63: caelum, Plin. 16, 26, 46, § 109: flatus, id. 17, 2, 2, § 11: tempus, id. 2, 47, 47, § 123: vertex, the south pole, id. 2, 68, 68, § 172 al.—Also subst.: austrīna, ōrum, n. (sc. loca), the southern regions of a country: Austrina Cypri, Plin. 6, 34, 39, § 213: Sardiniae, id. 6, 34, 39, § 214: Cappadociae, id. 6, 34, 39, § 215.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ews-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éwss?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éwsteros
  4. Proto-Italic*austeros
  5. Latinaustrīnus

Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnus Latin austrīnus From auster (“the south wind”) + -īnus.

Quick answers

What does austrīnus mean in Latin?
austrīnus, a adjective, means “southern”.
How do you pronounce austrīnus?
In classical Latin, [au̯sˈtriː.nʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [au̯sˈtriː.nus].
Where does austrīnus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- → Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwss? → Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwsteros → Proto-Italic *austeros → Latin austrīnus.