caurus

Latin

Alternative forms

• chaurus, chōrus, cōrus

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱēwer- (“north; north wind; cold wind; rain shower”). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *sěverъ (“north”), Lithuanian šiaurė ("north"), German Schauer, and English shower.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkau̯.rus/, [ˈkäu̯rʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkau̯.rus/, [ˈkäːu̯rus]

Noun

caurus m (genitive caurī); second declension

1. northwestern wind

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	caurus	caurī
Genitive	caurī	caurōrum
Dative	caurō	caurīs
Accusative	caurum	caurōs
Ablative	caurō	caurīs
Vocative	caure	caurī

References

• “caurus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

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Latvian

Adjective

caurus

1. (deprecated template usage) accusative plural masculine form of caurs