australis

Latin

Etymology

From auster (“south”) +‎ -ālis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /au̯sˈtraː.lis/, [äu̯s̠ˈt̪räːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /au̯sˈtra.lis/, [äu̯sˈt̪räːlis]

Adjective

austrālis (neuter austrāle, superlative austrālissimus); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. southern

   Synonyms: austrīnus, merīdiōnālis

   Antonym: boreālis

2. (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.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	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
• 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)
• (stars and star systems): Alula Australis, Talitha Australis, Tania Australis
• Carolīna Austrālis

Descendants

• → Catalan: austral
• → English: austral
• → French: austral
• → German: austral, australisch
• → Italian: australe
• → Portuguese: austral
• → Romanian: austral
• → Spanish: austral

Noun

austrālis m (genitive austrālis); third declension

1. the south pole

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Case	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.