south

south
subs.
Use P. and V. νότος, ὁ.
Face the south: P. πρὸς νότον τετράφθαι (perf. pass. τρέπειν) (Thuc. 2.15).
To the south of: P. and V. πρὸς νότον (gen.).

SOUTH

s. meridies: plaga or regio australis. To look to the south. in meridiem spectare; aspicere meridiem (the latter Col. 8 8 2).

south (subs.):

1. mĕrīdies, ei, m.: towards the s., ad m., Cic. N. D. 2, 19: Aegypt lies on (or in) the s., a meridie Aegyptus objacet, Tac. H. 5, 6: to face the s., ad m. spectare, Caes. B. G. 5, 13: cf. vergere in meridiem, Liv. 37, 31, extr.

2. mĕrīdiānum, i, n.: Vell. 2, 126, med. Also in pl.: in the s. of India, in meridianis Indiae, Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 24.

3. auster, tri, m.: in the regions of the north or s., in aquilonis austrive partibus, Cic. Rep. 6, 20, 22. Also in pl.: towards the s., in austros, Plin. 2, 9, 6, § 43. Also expr. by pars s. plaga meridiana: regio australis (v. SOUTHERN).

south (adj.), southern:

1. mĕrīdiānus: the s. part of the world, m. pars orbis (opp. septentrionalis), Varr. R. R. 1. 2, 4: s. region, m. plaga, Plin. 2, 11, 8, § 50 (v. also SOUTH, subs.).

2. mĕrīdiālis, e: a s. wind, m. ventus (al. meridionalis), Gell. 2, 22, ad med.: a s. temperature, m. temperatura, Tert. Anim. 25.

3. austrālis, e: the s. region, a. regio, Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 50: the s. pole, a. polus, Ov. M. 2, 132.

4. austrīnus: the s. heats, a. calores, Virg. G. 2, 271: the s. climate, a. coelum, Plin. 16, 26, 46, § 109: v. also SOUTH-POLE (2). Also as neutr. plur. subs.: the s. parts of Cyprus, austrina Cypri, id. 6, 34, 39, § 213.