australis
Latin
Etymology
From auster (“south”) + -ālis.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [au̯sˈtraː.lɪs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [au̯sˈt̪raː.lis]
Adjective
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
- 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
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- aurora australis
- Australia
- Carolīna Austrālis
- (stars and star systems): Alula Australis, Talitha Australis, Tania Australis
- 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)
Descendants
Noun
austrālis m (genitive austrālis); third declension
- the south pole
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | austrālis | austrālēs |
| genitive | austrālis | austrālium |
| dative | austrālī | austrālibus |
| accusative | austrālem | austrālēs austrālīs |
| ablative | austrāle | austrālibus |
| vocative | austrālis | austrālēs |
References
- “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.