south (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. mĕrīdies, ei, m.2. mĕrīdiānum, i, n.3. auster, tri, m. • 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).