Auster

English

Etymology

From Latin auster.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɒstə/, /ˈɔːstə/

Proper noun

Auster

1. (Roman mythology) The god of the south wind.
2. The south wind, especially when personified.
   • 1713 10 June, Alexander Pope, “How to Make an Epic Poem”^[1], Guardian: 

     For a Tempest. Take Eurus, Zephyr, Auster and Boreas, and cast them together in one verse.

   • 1989, Anthony Burgess, “Hun”, in The Devil's Mode:

     ‘My homeland too,’ Aetius grinned. ‘I was born under the Auster.’

See also

• Notus

Anagrams

• urates

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German

Etymology

Dutch oester, Old English ostre, Anglo-Norman oistre, Old French oistre, uistre (modern French huître), from Latin ostrea, from Ancient Greek ὄστρεον (related to ὀστέον "bone", ὄστρακον "shell").

Noun

Auster f (genitive Auster, plural Austern)

1. oyster