To the harsh dry south wind that blew Saharan dust over them in summer, the Romans gave the name Auster. Today it is called the sirocco. In personifying the wind as a desiccating god they borrowed from the word austerus – bitter, harsh – which they had acquired from a Greek original describing the effect on the tongue of sour wine.
羅馬人將夏季裹挾著撒哈拉沙塵的干燥炙熱的南風(fēng)稱為“Auster”(奧斯特風(fēng))。如今這種風(fēng)被稱為“sirocco”(西洛克風(fēng))。他們借用austerus一詞將這種風(fēng)擬人化為一位干燥之神。austerus是苦澀、粗糙的意思，最初源于希臘，用來描述酸葡萄酒的味道。
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