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|lshtext=<b>aura</b>: ae (<br /><b>I</b> gen. [[sing]]. aurāï, Verg. A. 6, 747; v. Neue, Formenl. I. p. 11; also, auras, [[like]] familias, custodias, terras, etc.; [[Servius]] gives this in Verg. A. 11, 801; [[still]] all the MSS. [[give]] aurae, and so Rib.), f., = [[αὔρα]] [ΑΩ, αὔω, to [[blow]].<br /><b>I</b> The [[air]], as in [[gentle]] [[motion]], a [[gentle]] [[breeze]], a [[breath]] of [[air]] (syn.: aër, [[ventus]], [[spiritus]]): [[agitatus]] aër auram facit, Isid. Orig. 13, 11, 17: [[semper]] aër spiritu [[aliquo]] movetur; frequentius [[tamen]] auras [[quam]] ventos habet, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 5: [[flatus]], qui non [[aura]], non [[procella]], sed venti sunt, Plin. 2, 45, 45, § 116: et me... [[nunc]] omnes terrent aurae, [[now]] [[every]] [[breeze]] terrifies me, Verg. A. 2, 728: Concutiat tenerum quaelibet [[aura]], Ov. A. A. 2, 650.— Hence,<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen., a [[breeze]], a [[wind]] ([[even]] [[when]] [[violent]]): Et reserata viget [[genitabilis]] [[aura]] Favoni, Lucr. 1, 11; cf.: Aura parit flores tepidi fecunda Favoni. Cat. 64, 282: omnes, Aspice, ventosi ceciderunt murmuris aurae, Verg. E. 9, 58: aurae Vela vocant, id. A. 3, 356: [[aura]] [[post]] meridiem, Vulg. Gen. 3, 8: [[aura]] [[tenuis]], ib. 3 Reg. 19, 12: [[lenis]], ib. Job, 4, 16: [[petulans]], Lucr. 6, 111: ignarae, [[brutish]], Cat. 64, 164, ubi v. Ellis: rapida, Ov. M. 3, 209: stridens, Val. Fl. 2, 586: violentior, Stat. Th. 6, 157: aurae [[flatus]], Vulg. Act. 27, 40: omnes eos tollet [[aura]], ib. Isa. 57, 13 et saep.—Also [[breath]]: flammas exsuscitat [[aura]], Ov. F. 5, 507.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop.: dum flavit velis [[aura]] secunda meis, [[while]] a favorable [[breeze]] breathed on my sails, i. e. so [[long]] as I [[was]] in [[prosperity]], Ov. P. 2, 3, 26: totam opinionem parva non [[numquam]] commutat [[aura]] rumoris, Cic. Mur. 17: [[tenuis]] famae [[aura]], Verg. A. 7, 646: quem [[neque]] periculi [[tempestas]] [[neque]] honoris [[aura]] potuit [[umquam]] de suo cursu aut spe aut metu demovere, Cic. Sest. 47 fin.: levi aurā spei objectā, Liv. 42, 39, 1: sperat sibi auram posse [[aliquam]] adflari in hoc crimine voluntatis defensionisque eorum, quibus, etc., token of [[favor]], Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 13: [[nescius]] aurae (sc. amoris) Fallacis, Hor. C. 1, 5, 11: incerta Cupidinis [[aura]], Ov. Am. 2, 9, 33.—Hence freq. [[aura]] [[popularis]], the [[popular]] [[breeze]], [[popular]] [[favor]], Cic. Har. Resp. 20 fin.; Liv. 3, 33, 7; 30, 45, 6 al.; Hor. C. 3, 2, 20; Quint. 11, 1, 45 (cf.: [[ventus]] [[popularis]], Cic. Clu. 47, 130); so, [[aura]] favoris [[popularis]], Liv. 22, 26, 4.—Also in plur.: [[nimium]] [[gaudens]] popularibus [[auris]], Verg. A. 6, 816; and absol.: adliciendo ad se plebem jam aurā non consilio ferri, Liv. 6, 11, 7.—<br /> The [[air]] ([[mostly]] [[poet]]. and plur.): cum Nubila portabunt venti transversa per auras, Lucr. 6, 190: Tenvis [[enim]] quaedam moribundos deserit [[aura]], id. 3, 232: Aurarumque leves animae calidique vapores, id. 5, 236: ([[anima]]) discedit in auras, id. 3, 400; 6, 1129 et saep.—Hence, aurae aëris or aëriae aurae freq. in Lucr.: (res) Aëris in teneras possint proferrier auras, 1, 207; 1, 783; 1, 801; 1, 803; 1, 1087; 2, 203; 3, 456; 3, 570; 3, 591; 4, 693: liquidissimus [[aether]] Atque levissimus aërias [[super]] influit auras, id. 5, 501; 1, 771; 4, 933: Nulla nec aërias [[volucris]] perlabitur auras, Tib. 4, 1, 127: Qui [[tamen]] aërias [[telum]] contorsit in auras, Verg. A. 5, 520.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Esp., the [[vital]] [[air]]: Vivit et aetherias vitalīs suscipit auras, breathes a [[breath]] of [[ethereal]] [[air]], Lucr. 3, 405; imitated by Verg.: [[haud]] [[invisus]] caelestibus auras Vitales carpis, A. 1, 387: vesci vitalibus [[auris]], i. e. vivere, Lucr. 5, 857; imitated by Verg., A. 1, 546, and 3, 339; so, haurire auram communem, Quint. 6, prooem. § 12: captare naribus auras, to [[snuff]] the [[air]], Verg. G. 1, 376.—Trop.: libertatis auram captare, to [[catch]] at the [[air]] of [[freedom]], i. e. to [[seize]] [[upon]] [[any]] [[hope]] of [[liberty]], Liv 3, 37, 1.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; [[Meton]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> The [[upper]] [[air]], Heaven, on [[high]]: assurgere in auras, Verg. G. 3, 109; so id. A. 4, 176: dum se [[laetus]] ad auras Palmes agit, id. G. 2, 363: ad auras Aetherias tendit, id. ib. 2, 291; so id. A. 4, 445: stat [[ferrea]] [[turris]] ad auras, [[poet]]. for ad alta, rises [[high]], id. ib. 6, 554: Sorbet in abruptum [[fluctus]], rursusque sub auras Erigit alternos, id. ib. 3, 422; 7, 466; 2, 759; 5, 427 al.; cf. Wagner, Quaest. Verg. X. 1.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> In opp. to the [[lower]] [[world]], the [[upper]] [[world]] (cf. [[aether]], I. B. 3.): [[Eurydice]] superas veniebat ad auras, Verg. G. 4, 486; so id. A. 6, 128: Ortygiam, quae me superas eduxit prima sub auras, Ov. M. 5, 641; 10, 11 (cf. Verg. A. 6, 481: ad superos); so of childbirth: [[pondus]] in auras expulit, Ov. M. 9, 704.—In gen. for [[publicity]], [[daylight]]: ferre sub auras, i. e. to [[make]] [[known]], Verg. A. 2, 158: reddere ad auras, to [[restore]], id. ib. 2, 259: fugere auras, to [[seclude]] or [[hide]] one's [[self]], id. ib. 4, 388.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>D</b> Transf. to [[other]] atmospheric objects [[which]] [[exert]] an [[influence]] on bodies, as [[light]], [[heat]], [[sound]], [[vapor]], etc.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[bright]] [[light]], a [[gleam]], [[glittering]] (cf. φάεος [[ἀϋτμή]]>, Callim. Hymn. Dian. 117): [[discolor]] [[unde]] auri per ramos [[aura]] refulsit, Verg. A. 6, 204 ([[splendor]] auri, Serv.).—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The [[warmth]] of [[sunlight]]: solis calidior visa est [[aura]], Varr. ap. Non. p. 275, 25.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sound, [[tone]], [[voice]], [[echo]]: Si [[modo]] damnatum revocaverit [[aura]] puellae, Prop. 3, 23, 15: at [[illi]] Nomen ab extremis fontibus [[aura]] [[refert]], id. 1, 20, 50.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>4</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Vapor, [[mist]], [[odor]], [[exhalation]]: inolentis olivi Naturam, nullam quae mittat naribus auram, Lucr. 2, 851: at [[illi]] Dulcis compositis spiravit crinibus [[aura]], a [[sweet]] [[odor]] exhaled, Verg. G. 4, 417; so Mart. 3, 65; Val. Fl. 5, 589; cf. Heins. ad Ov. M. 15, 394: si [[tantum]] notas [[odor]] attulit auras, Verg. G. 3, 251: pingues ab ovilibus aurae, Stat. Th. 10, 46.
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