australis
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From auster (“south”) + -ālis.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) 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.