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australis
australis
Latin
Adjective
austrālis m, f (neuter austrāle); third declension
- southern
- (substantive) the south pole
- (as a specific epithet) Australian
Inflection
Third declension.
| 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 | austrālia | |
| ablative | austrālī | austrālibus | |||
| vocative | austrālis | austrāle | austrālēs | austrālia | |
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.
Synonyms
- (southern): austrīnus, merīdiōnālis
- (Australian): australiensis, australianus, australicus, 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
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
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “australis”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.