LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

caurīnus

caurīnus (feminine caurīna, neuter caurīnum)
Classical[kau̯ˈriː.nʊs]Ecclesiastical[kau̯ˈriː.nus]

Meaning

  1. adjectiveof the northwestern wind

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativecaurīnuscaurīnacaurīnum
genitivecaurīnīcaurīnaecaurīnī
dativecaurīnōcaurīnaecaurīnō
accusativecaurīnumcaurīnamcaurīnum
ablativecaurīnōcaurīnācaurīnō
vocativecaurīnecaurīnacaurīnum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativecaurīnīcaurīnaecaurīna
genitivecaurīnōrumcaurīnārumcaurīnōrum
dativecaurīnīscaurīnīscaurīnīs
accusativecaurīnōscaurīnāscaurīna
ablativecaurīnīscaurīnīscaurīnīs
vocativecaurīnīcaurīnaecaurīna

caurīnus, a, um, adj. caurus,
I. of the north-west wind: frigus, Grat. Cyn. 296.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnus Latin caurīnus From caurus (“the northwestern wind”) + -īnus.

Quick answers

What does caurīnus mean in Latin?
caurīnus, a adjective, means “of the northwestern wind”.
How do you pronounce caurīnus?
In classical Latin, [kau̯ˈriː.nʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [kau̯ˈriː.nus].