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

Noun

caurus m (genitive caurī); second declension

1. northwestern wind

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	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

1. accusative plural masculine of caurs