austrinus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

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.

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