auster

See also: Auster

English

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for auster in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Noun

auster (plural austers)

The south wind.

Synonyms

Antonyms

boreas

Translations

auster(wind) — see ostro

References

auster in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

Sauter, Sutera, Tauers, sauter, urates

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- (“dawn”). Cognate with Latin aurōra, English east.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈau̯s.ter/, [ˈau̯s.tɛr]

Noun

auster m (genitive austrī); second declension

The south wind

Inflection

Second declension, nominative singular in -er.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	auster	austrī
genitive	austrī	austrōrum
dative	austrō	austrīs
accusative	austrum	austrōs
ablative	austrō	austrīs
vocative	auster¹	austrī

¹May also be austre.

Synonyms

(south wind): merīdiēs

Antonyms

(north wind): boreās, septentriō

Derived terms

Descendants

Aromanian: austru
Italian: ostro
Old French: ostre
Romanian: austru

References

auster in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
auster in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
auster in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

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