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), Anaxag. ap.
Thphr.Sens.30; 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 πε- φυυῖα 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, 694, etc.; πρὸς τὸν ἀέρα διατρίβειν in the open air, Ar.Nu.198, cf. Teles p.11.3 H., Luc. Anach. 24;
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.
.3. personified, “ὦ δέσποτ᾽||ἄναξ ἀμέτ ρητ᾽ Ἀ.” Ar.Nu.264;
“Ἀ. ὃν ἄν τις ὀνομάσειε καὶ Δία” Philem.91.4, cf. Diph.126.6.
“Ἀ. ὃν ἄν τις ὀνομάσειε καὶ Δία” Philem.91.4, cf. Diph.126.6.
II. hot-air room in baths, Gal.11.14.
.2. volume, Hero
*Stereom.57,al.