austerus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek αὐστηρός (austērós).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /au̯sˈteː.rus/, [äu̯s̠ˈt̪eːrʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /au̯sˈte.rus/, [äu̯sˈt̪ɛːrus]

Adjective

austērus (feminine austēra, neuter austērum, comparative austērior); first/second-declension adjective

1. austere, plain
2. harsh, bitter, sour
3. sharp, pungent, tart

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	austērus	austēra	austērum		austērī	austērae	austēra
Genitive	austērī	austērae	austērī		austērōrum	austērārum	austērōrum
Dative	austērō		austērō		austērīs
Accusative	austērum	austēram	austērum		austērōs	austērās	austēra
Ablative	austērō	austērā	austērō		austērīs
Vocative	austēre	austēra	austērum		austērī	austērae	austēra

Derived terms

• austēritās

Descendants

• Catalan: auster
• English: austere
• French: austère
• Galician: austero
• Italian: austero
• → Portuguese: austero
• Romanian: auster
• Spanish: austero

References

• “austerus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “austerus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• austerus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• austerus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.