austerus
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek αὐστηρός (austērós).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /au̯sˈteː.rus/, [äu̯s̠ˈt̪eːrʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /au̯sˈte.rus/, [äu̯sˈt̪ɛːrus]
Adjective
austērus (feminine austēra, neuter austērum, comparative austērior); first/second-declension adjective
- austere, plain
- harsh, bitter, sour
- sharp, pungent, tart
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | austērus | austēra | austērum | austērī | austērae | austēra | |
| Genitive | austērī | austērae | austērī | austērōrum | austērārum | austērōrum | |
| Dative | austērō | austērō | austērīs | ||||
| Accusative | austērum | austēram | austērum | austērōs | austērās | austēra | |
| Ablative | austērō | austērā | austērō | austērīs | |||
| Vocative | austēre | austēra | austērum | austērī | austērae | austēra | |
Derived terms
- austēritās
Descendants
- Catalan: auster
- English: austere
- French: austère
- Galician: austero
- Italian: austero
- → Portuguese: austero
- Spanish: austero
References
- “austerus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “austerus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- austerus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- austerus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette