Ausonian

English Ausones Etymology From en la Ausonia Lower Italy, extended poetically to “Italy”, from en grc Αὐσονία, from grc Αὔσων, a son of Ulysses, who is said to have settled there. Pronunciation en /ɔːˈsəʊni.ən/ Adjective - en historical Of ancient Ausonia or the Ausonians. III IX Sometimes they marked the form of the silk-haired and graceful capella, with its wreathing horn and bright grey eye—which, still beneath Ausonian skies, recalls the eclogues of Maro, browsing half-way up the hills; and the grapes, already purple with the smiles of the deepening summer, glowed out from the arched festoons, which hung pendent from tree to tree. en The Provinces of the Roman Empire from Caesar to Diocletian 172 Theodor Mommsen; William Purdie Dickson 1887 master of the glorious art of proud Ausonian song en poetic Italian. The Palace of Art 8th 117 Or hollowing one hand against his ear, / To list a foot-fall, ere he saw / The wood-nymph, stay'd the Ausonian king to hear / Of wisdom and of law. Of or relating to the ancient poet Ausonius. Noun en historical An ancient inhabitant of middle or lower Italy. en Encyclopaedia Britannica 1823 Chronology The Ausonians, the most ancient inhabitants of Italy, computed the day from midnight. en poetic An Italian. Related terms en ausonium References en eponyms