caurus

Latin

Alternative forms

chaurus, chōrus, cōrus

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *kaweros, probably from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₁w- (“north; north wind; cold wind; rain shower”). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *sěverъ (“north”), Lithuanian šiaurė ("north"), German Schauer, and English shower.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkau̯.rus/, [ˈkäu̯rʊs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkau̯.rus/, [ˈkäːu̯rus]

Noun

caurus m (genitive caurī); second declension

northwestern wind

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	caurus	caurī
Genitive	caurī	caurōrum
Dative	caurō	caurīs
Accusative	caurum	caurōs
Ablative	caurō	caurīs
Vocative	caure	caurī

Synonyms

argestēs

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “southeast wind”): vulturnus, eurus

Further reading

“caurus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Latvian

Adjective

caurus

accusative plural masculine of caurs

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