auster

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/ˈɔːstɚ//ˈɒstɚ/UK/ˈɒstə/UK/ˈɔːstə/

proper noun

The god of the south wind.

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Meanings

auster1

noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Auster (“the south wind”).

Auster2

proper noun
  1. Romanhuman sciencesThe god of the south wind.
    1 more example

    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
  2. 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 Mode
    1 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

    Synonyms: auster, ostro

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounThe south wind, especially when personified.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ews-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éwss?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éwsteros
  4. Proto-Italic*austeros
  5. Latinauster
  6. EnglishAuster

Borrowed from Latin auster.

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Translations

Bulgarian Аустер, Аустер
  • АустерRoman mythology: god of the south wind
  • Аустерpoetic: the south wind
Catalan migjorn
  • migjornpoetic: the south wind

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APA

auster. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/auster

MLA

“auster.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/auster. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “auster,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/auster.

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