auster Latin · revision 5321

+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=inherited|attested=Plautus|origins=ine-pro *h₂ews-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈau̯s.tɛr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈau̯s.ter]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''auster''' ''m'' (genitive austrī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*aus-tero-|t=towards the dawn]], [[inh|ine-pro|*h₂eus-tero-]], from the root *h₂ews- “dawn”.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan relates it to [[lt|aušrà|t=dawn]], [[grc|αὔριον|tr=aúrion|t=tomorrow]] and Germanic *aust- “east”, though the Latin word names a different wind.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012) The TLL calls the origin doubtful because the meaning is so far from “east”.^(TLL) It is related to [[aurōra]].^(Wiktionary) Isidore derives it from [[hauriō|alt=haurīre]] “to draw up”, because it draws up water.^(Isidore)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan and Köbler date it from Plautus,^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010) who has ''auster imbricus'' “the rainy south wind”.^(OLD 2012) Ennius also has it.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It was the south wind, rainy and hot, and the south or the southern regions.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Varro says Asia lies to the south.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In medieval Latin it could also mean the people of the south.^(DMLBS) Its derivative [[austrālis]] “southern” gave [[en|austral]], and the phrase ''Terra Austrālis'' gave the name [[en|Australia]].^(Etymonline) [[en|auster]] “south wind” was borrowed in the late 14th century.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus has the rainy south wind.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it of the south.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 560–636 AD – Isidore derives it from ''haurīre''.^(Isidore)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 14th century – English ''auster'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The south [[m|en|wind]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # The south, (plural) the southern regions.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' The people of the south.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[austellus]]

+ * [[austrālis]]

+ * [[austrifer]]

+ * [[austrīnus]]

+ * [[euroauster]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[aurōra]]

+ * [[en|austral]]

+ * [[en|Australia]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}