Lewis & Short

Ausŏnes, um, m., = Αὔσονες [prob. of the same root as Oscus or Opicus, Buttm. and Donald.].

  1. I. The Ausonians, a very ancient, perhaps Greek, name of the primitive inhabitants of Middle and Lower Italy; of the same import prob. with Aurunci (Aurunici, Auruni = Ausuni, Ausones), Opici, and Osei: cf. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. Ausoniam, p. 18 Müll.; Arist. ap. Polyb. 7, 10; Serv. ad Verg. A. 7, 727; Nieb. Rom. Gesch. 1, p. 71 sq.; Wachsmuth, Röm. Gesch. p. 65 sq.
    Poet., the general name for the inhabitants of Italy, Stat. S. 4, 5, 37.
    Hence,
  2. II. Derivv.
    1. A. Ausŏnĭa, ae, f., = Αὐσονία, the country of the Ausonians, Ausonia, Lower Italy, Ov. M. 14, 7; 15, 647; and poet. for Italy, Verg. A. 10, 54; Ov. F. 4, 290 et saep.
    2. B. Ausŏnĭus, a, um, adj.
      1. 1. Ausonian: mare, on the southern coast of Italy, between the Iapygian Peninsula and the Sicilian Straits, Plin. 3, 10, 15, § 95; 14, 6, 8, § 69; cf. Mann. Ital. I. p. 13 sq.
      2. 2. In the poets, Italian, Latin, Roman: terra, Verg. A. 4, 349: Thybris, id. ib. 5, 83: coloni, id. G. 2, 385: urbes, Hor. C. 4, 4, 56: montes, Ov. F. 1, 542: humus, Italy, id. ib. 5, 658: Pelorum, id. M. 5, 350 (quod in Italiam vergens, Mel. 2, 7, 15): imperium, Roman, id. P. 2, 2, 72: os, Ausonian lips, i. e. the Roman language, Mart. 9, 87: aula, the imperial court, id. 9, 92.
        Subst.: Ausŏnĭi, ōrum, m., = Ausones, the Ausonians, or, poet., the inhabitants of Italy, Verg. A. 12, 834.
    3. C. Ausŏnĭdae, ārum, m.
        1. a. The inhabitants of Ausonia, Verg. A. 10, 564.
        2. b. Poet., the inhabitants of Italy, Verg. A. 12, 121; Luc. 9, 998.
    4. D. Ausŏnis, ĭdis, adj. f., Ausonian; and poet., Italian: ora, Ov. F. 2, 94: aqua, Sil. 9, 187: matres, Claud. B. Get. 627 al.
    5. E. Auson, ŏnis, m., the mythical progenitor of the Ausonians, son of Ulysses and Calypso, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. Ausoniam, p. 18 Müll.; Serv. ad Verg. A. 3, 171.
      As adj.: Ausone voce, i. e. Roman, Latin, Avien. Arat. 102.