Auster

auster English Etymology en :bor la:auster + 1 Pronunciation en /ˈɒstə/ /ˈɔːstə/ UK en /ˈɑstəɹ/ /ˈɔstəɹ/ US en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sumxr-Auster.wav US Proper noun en Roman god The god of the south wind. en [Alexander Pope] The Guardian London Printed for J[acob] Tonson, at Shakespear's-Head over-against Catherine-street in the Strand 10 June 1714 I 78 332 https://books.google.com/books?id=qCoJAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA332 For a Tempeſt. Take Eurus, Zephyr, Auſter and Boreas, and caſt them together in one Verſe. Add to theſe of Rain, Lightning, and of Thunder (the loudeſt you can) quantum ſufficit. Mix your Clouds and Billows well together till they foam, and thicken your Deſcription here and there with a Quickſand. Brew your Tempeſt well in your Head, before you ſet it a blowing. en poetic The south wind, especially when personified. en auster ostro 1 ii 46 Auster and Aquilon with winged SteedsAll ſweating, tilt about the watery heauens,With ſhiuering ſpeares enforcing thunderclaps,And from their ſhields ſtrike flames of lightening en 1989 w:Anthony Burgess w:The Devil's Mode Hun ‘My homeland too,’ Aetius grinned. ‘I was born under the Auster.’ Hypernyms en Anemoi Coordinate terms en Boreas/Aquilon/Septentrio (north), Notus/Auster (south), Eurus/Subsolanus (east), Zephyr/Zephyrus/Favonius (west) Derived terms en Austerian Translations Roman mythology: god of the south wind Bulgarian: bg Аустер m poetic: the south wind Bulgarian: bg Аустер m Catalan: ca migjorn m Anagrams en aerstu Sauter Uretas Sutera Atreus sauter Tauers urates en Compass points Wind German Etymology Attested a few times in goh -, but only much later effectively introduced via de gml ūster, from de dum oester. The Nederlands Dutch word is borrowed from de la ostrea, itself from de grc ὄστρεον (pertaining to grc ὀστέον bone, grc ὄστρακον shell). Compare ang ostre, fro oistre (modern fr huître). Pronunciation de /ˈaʊ̯stɐ/ de De-Auster.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Noun f oyster Declension f Derived terms de austerreich Further reading de Bivalves Seafood