austerus

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

austērus: a, um, adj. (auster, Scrib. Comp. 188;
I sup. austerrimus, Messala, Corv. Progen. Aug. 5), = αὐστηρός.
Lit, of taste, harsh, sour, tart (not before the Aug. per.; syn.: acer, acerbus, tristis, severus, molestus): vinum nigrum, Cels. 3, 24: austerior gustus, Col. 12, 12, 2: herba austero sapore, Plin. 25, 5, 20, § 45: vinum austerissimum, Scrib. Comp. 142.—
   B Transf. *
   1    Of smell, pungent: balsami sucus: odore austerus, Plin. 12, 25, 54, § 120.—
   2    Of color, deep, dark: sunt autem colores austeri aut floridi, Plin. 35, 6, 12, § 30.—Comp.: (pictor) austerior colore et in austeritate jucundior, Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 134.—
II Trop.
   A Severe, rigid, strict, stern, austere (opp. mol lis, facilis, lenis; scarcely before Cic.): illo austero more ac modo, Cic. Cael. 14, 33; id. de Or. 3, 25, 98: austerior et gravior esse potuisset, id. Pis. 29, 71: Nec gravis austeri poena cavenda viri, Prop. 4, 13, 24: homo austerus es, Vulg. Luc. 19, 21; 19, 22.—Of discourse, severe, grave, serious: ita sit noLis ornatus et suavis orator, ut suavitatem habeat austeram et solidam, non dulcem atque decoctam (the epithet borrowed from wine), that he may have a severe and solid, not a luscious and effeminate sweetness, Cic. de Or. 3, 26, 103: austera poëmata, Hor. A. P. 342: oratio, Quint. 9, 4, 128 Spald.—Of style in statuary: genus, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 66.—
   B As the opp. of kind, pleasant, severe, gloomy, sad, troublesome, hard, irksome (so first after the beginning of the Aug. per.): labor, Hor. S. 2, 2, 12: Quaelibet austeras de me ferat urna tabellas, Prop. 5, 11, 49: aeger omnem austeram curationem recusans, Plin. 24, 7, 28, § 43.—Adv.:>

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

austērus,¹² a, um (αὐστηρός),
1 âpre, aigre : Cato Agr. 126 ; austerior gustus Col. Rust. 12, 12, 2, goût plus âpre || [en parl. des odeurs] fort : odore austerus Plin. 12, 120, à l’odeur forte || [en parl. des couleurs] sombre, foncé : colores austeri Plin. 35, 30, des couleurs sombres, cf. 35, 134
2 [fig.] sévère, rude, austère [en parl. des pers.]: Cic. Pis. 71 ; [et des choses] austero more Cic. Cæl. 33, de mœurs sévères, cf. Hor. S. 2, 2, 12 || [en parl. du langage, du style] sévère, grave : suavitas austera Cic. de Or. 3, 103, une douceur grave, cf. 3, 98 ; Hor. P. 342.
     auster Scrib. Comp. 188 ; des mss donnent : nomin. m. austeris Itala Matth. 25, 24 ; pl. austeres Cassiod. Compl. Ep. Petr. 1, 6 ; n. austere Soran. 1, 84 ; Th. Prisc. 2, 106.