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Auster en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• /ˈɔstəɹ/ (US)
• /ˈɔːstə/ (UK)
• /ˈɒstə/ (UK)
• /ˈɑstəɹ/ (US)
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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwss? Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwsteros Proto-Italic *austeros Latin austerbor. English Auster Borrowed from Latin auster.

Meanings

1. (Roman) The god of the south wind.
   • For a Tempeſt. Take Eurus, Zephyr, Auſter and Boreas, and caſt them together in one Verſe. Add to theſe of Rain, Lightning, and of Thunder (the loudeſt you can) quantum ſufficit. Mix your Clouds and Billows well together till they foam, and thicken your Deſcription here and there with a Quickſand. Brew your Tempeſt well in your Head, before you ſet it a blowing. 1714 June 10, [Alexander Pope], The Guardian, volume I, number 78, London: Printed for J[acob] Tonson, at Shakespear's-Head over-against Catherine-street in the Strand, page 332:
2. (poetic) The south wind, especially when personified.
   • ‘My homeland too,’ Aetius grinned. ‘I was born under the Auster.’ 1989, Anthony Burgess, “Hun”, in The Devil's Mode:
   • Auster and Aquilon with winged Steeds All ſweating, tilt about the watery heauens, With ſhiuering ſpeares enforcing thunderclaps, And from their ſhields ſtrike flames of lightening c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act III, scene ii:

Coordinates

Zephyr · Eurus · Auster · Favonius · Zephyrus · Notus · Subsolanus · Aquilon · Boreas · Septentrio

Deriveds

Austerian

Hypernyms

Anemoi

Synonyms

auster · ostro

Translations (3)

ca migjorn (poetic: the south wind) · bg Аустер (poetic: the south wind) · bg Аустер (Roman mythology: god of the south wind)