The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ausonian \Au*so"ni*an\, a. [L. Ausonia, poetic name for Italy.]
Italian.
--Milton.
Wiktionary
a. Of ancient Ausonia or the Ausonians n. An ancient inhabitant of middle or lower Italy
Usage examples of "ausonian".
And frowns and fears from thee, Would not more swiftly flee Than Celtic wolves from the Ausonian shepherds.
Polydeuces and Castor pray to the immortal gods first to grant a path through the Ausonian sea where they should find Circe, daughter of Perse and Helios.
The Ausonian clime, the beautiful scene, the sweet society, had all combined to produce a day of exquisite enjoyment.
If the towers of Carthage and the sight of the Libyan city charm thee, a Phoenician, why, pray, grudge the Trojans their settling on Ausonian land?
Duilius being consuls, was distinguished by a war with the Ausonians, as being new rather than important.