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 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; “ἠέρα μὲν σκέδας εν καὶ ἀπῶσεν ὀμί χλην” 17.649; “τρὶς δ᾽ ἠέρα τύψε βαθεῖαν” 20.446; rare in Prose, Hp. l.c.
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; “τὸν ἀέρ᾽ ἕλκειν καθαρόν” Philyll.20, cf. Philem.119; “ἔσπασας τὸν ἀ. τὸν κοινόν” Men.531.7; “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.
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.
II. hot-air room in baths, Gal.11.14.
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