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* austellus, i, m. dim. [auster], a gentle south wind, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 98, 22.

1. auster, tri, m. [Sanscr. ush-, to burn; the burning, hot wind], the south wind (opp. aquilo, the north wind).

  1. 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.
  2. 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.

2. auster = austerus, q. v.

austĕrālis, is, f., a. plant, usually called sisymbrium, App. Herb. 105.

austērē, adv., v. austerus fin.

austērĭtas, ātis, f. [austerus] (perh. not before the Aug. period).

  1. I. Lit.
    1. A. Of taste, harshness, sourness (syn.: acerbitas, tristitia, severitas), Col. 11, 2, 68: vini, Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 24; 14, 6, 8, § 65: caepae, id. 19, 6, 32, § 105: picis, id. 14, 1, 3, § 17; Pall. 1, 35, 11; and in plur., id. 1, 35, 8.
    2. B. Of colors, darkness, dinginess, Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 97; 9, 38, 62, § 134; 35, 10, 36, § 97; 35, 11, 40, § 134.
  2. II. Trop., severity, austerity, rigor: magistri, Quint. 2, 2, 5: qui a te hanc austeritatem exigo, Plin. Ep. 2, 5, 5: cum austeritate imperare, Vulg. Ezech. 34, 4: ex bono esse austeritatem, ib. 2 Macc. 14, 30.

* austērŭlus, a, um, adj. dim. [id.], somewhat harsh; trop.: cratera dialecticae, App. Flor. 20.

† austērus, a, um, adj. (auster, Scrib. Comp. 188; sup. austerrimus, Messala, Corv. Progen. Aug. 5), = αὐστηρός.

  1. I.
    1. A. Lit, of taste, harsh, sour, tart (not before the Aug. per.; syn.: acer, acerbus, tristis, severus, molestus): vinum nigrum, Cels. 3, 24: austerior gustus, Col. 12, 12, 2: herba austero sapore, Plin. 25, 5, 20, § 45: vinum austerissimum, Scrib. Comp. 142.
    2. B. Transf.
      1. * 1. Of smell, pungent: balsami sucus: odore austerus, Plin. 12, 25, 54, § 120.
      2. 2. Of color, deep, dark: sunt autem colores austeri aut floridi, Plin. 35, 6, 12, § 30.
        Comp.: (pictor) austerior colore et in austeritate jucundior, Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 134.
  2. II. Trop.
    1. A. Severe, rigid, strict, stern, austere (opp. mol lis, facilis, lenis; scarcely before Cic.): illo austero more ac modo, Cic. Cael. 14, 33; id. de Or. 3, 25, 98: austerior et gravior esse potuisset, id. Pis. 29, 71: Nec gravis austeri poena cavenda viri, Prop. 4, 13, 24: homo austerus es, Vulg. Luc. 19, 21; 19, 22.
      Of discourse, severe, grave, serious: ita sit noLis ornatus et suavis orator, ut suavitatem habeat austeram et solidam, non dulcem atque decoctam (the epithet borrowed from wine), that he may have a severe and solid, not a luscious and effeminate sweetness, Cic. de Or. 3, 26, 103: austera poëmata, Hor. A. P. 342: oratio, Quint. 9, 4, 128 Spald.
      Of style in statuary: genus, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 66.
    2. B. As the opp. of kind, pleasant, severe, gloomy, sad, troublesome, hard, irksome (so first after the beginning of the Aug. per.): labor, Hor. S. 2, 2, 12: Quaelibet austeras de me ferat urna tabellas, Prop. 5, 11, 49: aeger omnem austeram curationem recusans, Plin. 24, 7, 28, § 43.
      Adv.:

* austērē, acc. to II., rigidly, austerely, severely: agit mecum austere et Stoice Cato, Cic. Mur. 35, 74.
Comp.: cum aliquo austerius agere, * Vulg. 2 Macc. 14, 30.

austrālis, e, adj. [1.auster, II.], southern (syn.: austrinus, meridianus): quae (regio) tum est aquilonia tum australis, Cic N D. 2, 19, 50: cingulus, i. e. the torrid zone, id. Rep. 6, 20, 21: ora, the same, id. Tusc. 1, 28, 68: plaga, Vulg. Gen. 13, 11: terra, ib. ib. 24, 62: pars, ib. Exod 40, 32: polus, the south pole, Ov. M. 2, 132: nimbi, id. P 4, 4, 1: annus, Egyptian, Claud. Eutr. 1, 403.

Austrānĭa, ae, f., an island to the north of Germany, also called Glessaria, now the island of Ameland, in West Friesland, Plin. 4, 13, 27, § 97 (Austeravia, Sillig).

* austrĭfer, fĕra, fĕrum, adj. [1.austerfero], bringing the south wind: vertex, Sil. 12, 2.

austrīnus, a, um, adj. [1. auster, II.], 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.

‡ Austrō-Afrĭcus, i, m. [1. auster], the south-southwest wind, Gr. Αιβόνοτος, between Auster and Africus, Isid. Orig. 13, 11, 7 (Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 120, and Sen. Q. N. 5, 16 fin. call it Libonotos, and the latter says: Libonotos, qui apud nos sine nomine est).

‡ austrō-nŏtius, ii, m. [1. auster] (sc. polus), the south pole, Isid. Orig. 3, 32; 3, 36; 13, 5, 5 (in the latter passage also austrō-nŏtus).

haustor (aus-), ōris, m. [haurio], a drawer (post-Aug. and very rare): aquarum, water-drawer, Firm. Math. 8, 29.
Poet.: ultimus aquae, drinker, Luc. 9, 591.
Esp., he who fills casks with wine, Inscr. Orell. 5089.

* haustrum (also austrum), i, n. [haurio], a machine for drawing water, Lucr. 5, 516; cf. Non. 13, 5.