Meanings
auster1
Auster2
- Romanhuman sciencesThe god of the south wind.
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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 - poeticThe south wind, especially when personified.
‘My homeland too,’ Aetius grinned. ‘I was born under the Auster.’
1989, Anthony Burgess, “Hun”, in The Devil's Mode1 more example
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
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ews-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂éwss?
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂éwsteros
- Proto-Italic*austeros
- Latinauster
- EnglishAuster
Borrowed from Latin auster.
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Bulgarian Аустер, Аустер
- АустерRoman mythology: god of the south wind
- Аустерpoetic: the south wind
Catalan migjorn
- migjornpoetic: the south wind
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auster. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/auster
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