A. Aër.6,al., Aret. CA2.3; Aeol. αὐήρ Sch.Pi.P.2.52; Dor. ἀβήρ
~~~ (i.e. ἀϜήρ) Hsch.:— fem. in Hom. and Hes. (exc. Op.549);
~~. from Hdt downwds. masc. (Il.5.776, 8.50, h.Cer.383 cannot be
~~. quoted for the masc. usage, since there πουλύς and βαθύς need not
~~. be masc.): in Hom. and Hes. always mist, haze, not (as Aristarch.)
~~. lower air (opp. αἰθήρ, q.v.); “[ἐλάτη] μακροτάτη πεφυυῖα δι᾽
~~. ἠέρος αἰθέρ᾽ ἵκανεν” Il.14.288, cf. Anaxag.1, Ar.Nu.264sq.;
~~. “περὶ δ᾽ ἠέρα πουλὺν ἔχευεν” Il.5.776, cf. 3.381, 8.50;

.2. later, generally, air, Anaxim.1, Emp.17.18, S.El.87, Ar. Av.187;
~~. πρὸς τὸν ἀέρα διατρίβειν in the open air, Ar.Nu.198, cf. Teles
~~. p.11.3 H., Luc.Anach.24; “τὸν ἀέρ᾽ ἕλκειν καθαρόν” Philyll. 20,
~~. cf. Philem.119; “ἀέρα δέρειν” 1 Ep.Cor.9.26; εἰς ἀέρᾳ λαλεῖν ib.
~~. 14.9:—in pl., Pl.Phd.98c, 98d; climates, Hp.Aër. tit., cf. Men.Rh.
~~. p.383 S.; of mephitic exhalations, Str.5.4.5.BACK TO: AIGYPTOS =>

.3. personified, “ὦ δέσποτ᾽ ἄναξ ἀμέτ ρητ᾽ Ἀ.” Ar.Nu.264;

II. hot-air room in baths, Gal.11.14.

.2. volume, Hero *Stereom.57,al.

III. a pigment, sky-blue or grey, Id.Aut.28.3.