australis
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From auster (“south”) + -ālis.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /au̯sˈtraː.lis/, [äu̯s̠ˈt̪räːlʲɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /au̯sˈtra.lis/, [äu̯sˈt̪räːlis]
Adjective
[edit]austrālis (neuter austrāle, superlative austrālissimus); third-declension two-termination adjective
- southern
- Synonyms: austrīnus, merīdiōnālis
- Antonym: boreālis
- (New Latin) (as a specific epithet) Australian
- Synonyms: austrāliēnsis, austrāliānus, austrālicus
Usage notes
[edit]- When used as a specific epithet, australis may refer to Australia, or may mean "of the south" in a general sense, such as a southern region of Africa, America, or Europe.
Declension
[edit]Third-declension two-termination adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
Nominative | austrālis | austrāle | austrālēs | austrālia | |
Genitive | austrālis | austrālium | |||
Dative | austrālī | austrālibus | |||
Accusative | austrālem | austrāle | austrālēs austrālīs |
austrālia | |
Ablative | austrālī | austrālibus | |||
Vocative | austrālis | austrāle | austrālēs | austrālia |
Derived terms
[edit]- aurora australis
- Australia
- Terra Australis
- (used as a specific epithet in more than 1,600 binomial names, including): Agathis australis, Apteryx australis, Baptisia australis, Castanospermum australe, Celtis australis, Cordyline australis, Eubalaena australis, Phragmites australis, Pinus australis (syn. of Pinus palustris), Themeda australis (syn. of Themeda triandra)
- (stars and star systems): Alula Australis, Talitha Australis, Tania Australis
- Carolīna Austrālis
Descendants
[edit]Noun
[edit]austrālis m (genitive austrālis); third declension
- the south pole
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun (i-stem).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | austrālis | austrālēs |
Genitive | austrālis | austrālium |
Dative | austrālī | austrālibus |
Accusative | austrālem | austrālēs austrālīs |
Ablative | austrāle | austrālibus |
Vocative | austrālis | austrālēs |
References
[edit]- “australis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “australis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- australis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Categories:
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂ews- (dawn)
- Latin terms suffixed with -alis
- Latin 3-syllable words
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- Latin lemmas
- Latin adjectives
- Latin third declension adjectives
- Latin third declension adjectives of two terminations
- New Latin
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- Latin masculine nouns in the third declension
- Latin masculine nouns
- Specific epithets
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