auster, austeris -e, austerior -or -us, austerrimus -a -um:
Adjective · 3rd declension · variant: 3rd
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
austere, plain; bitter, sour; dry (wine); sharp, pungent; dark, somber, morose;
Inflections
positive
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | auster | — |
| Voc. | auster | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | austeris | — |
| Voc. | austeris | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | austere | austeria |
| Acc. | austere | austeria |
| Voc. | austere | austeria |
comparative
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | austerius | austeriora |
| Gen. | austerioris | — |
| Acc. | austerius | austeriora |
| Voc. | austerius | austeriora |
superlative
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | austerrimus | austerrimi |
| Gen. | austerrimi | austerrimorum |
| Dat. | austerrimo | — |
| Acc. | austerrimum | austerrimos |
| Voc. | austerrime | austerrimi |
| Abl. | austerrimo | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | austerrima | austerrimae |
| Gen. | austerrimae | austerrimarum |
| Dat. | austerrimae | — |
| Acc. | austerrimam | austerrimas |
| Voc. | austerrima | austerrimae |
| Abl. | austerrima | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | austerrimum | austerrima |
| Gen. | austerrimi | austerrimorum |
| Dat. | austerrimo | — |
| Acc. | austerrimum | austerrima |
| Voc. | austerrimum | austerrima |
| Abl. | austerrimo | — |
Examples
- M
Liber IX
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...propulit omne classis onus, densis fremuit niger imbribus Auster. in sua regna furens temptatum classibus aequor turbine defendit..." - M
Liber V
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...nudas Aquilonibus undas 720succedens Boreae iam portum fecerat Auster. undique conlatis in robur Caesaris armissumma uidens duri Magnus..." - M
Liber II
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...minaci cum terrore fides, ut, cum mare possidet Auster flatibus horrisonis, hunc aequora tota secuntur, 455si rursus tellus..." - A
Liber II
Aulus Gellius
"...limite est, unum meridialem ventum habet: is Latine "auster", Graece notos nominatur, quoniam est nebulosus atque umectus; notis..." - T
Liber V
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...inde aliae tempestates ventique secuntur, altitonans Volturnus et Auster fulmine pollens. tandem Bruma nives adfert pigrumque rigorem reddit..." - D
Satura V
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...uenit gurgite de Siculo; nam dum se continet Auster, dum sedet et siccat madidas in carcere pinnas, contemnunt..." - D
Satura IV
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...praedamque recentem seruabat; tamen hic properat, uelut urgueat auster. utque lacus suberant, ubi quamquam diruta seruat ignem Troianum..." - T
Mercator
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...cape modo vorsoriam: hic favonius serenust, istic auster imbricus; hic facit tranquillitatem, iste omnis fluctus conciet. recipe..."