australis
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /au̯sˈtraː.lis/, [au̯sˈtraː.lɪs]
Adjective
austrālis (neuter austrāle); third declension
- southern
- (substantive) the south pole
- (as a specific epithet) Australian
Usage notes
- When used as a taxonomic 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.
Inflection
Third declension.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
Nominative | austrālis | austrāle | austrālēs | austrālia | |
Genitive | austrālis | austrālis | austrālium | austrālium | |
Dative | austrālī | austrālī | austrālibus | austrālibus | |
Accusative | austrālem | austrāle | austrālēs, austrālīs | austrālia | |
Ablative | austrālī | austrālī | austrālibus | austrālibus | |
Vocative | austrālis | austrāle | austrālēs | austrālia |
Synonyms
- (southern): austrīnus, merīdiōnālis
- (Australian): australiensis, australianus, australicus, austrālāsiae, novaehollandiae
Antonyms
- (southern): boreālis
Derived terms
- aurora australis
- Australia
- Terra Australis
- (used as a taxonomic epithet in approximately 1,660 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
Descendants
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
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