ἀήρ
Τραφὲν ὄρεσι καὶ φάραγξιν ἀγρίαις, κήρυξ πέφυκα τῆς λόγου ὑμνῳδίας. Φωνήν μὲν οὐκ ἔναρθρον, εὔηχον δ' ἔχω (Byzantine riddle) → Raised in the mountains and wild ravines, I have become the herald of hymns that are sung. I have no articulate voice...
English (LSJ)
ἀέρος, Hom. ἀήρ, ἠέρος; Ion. nom. ἠήρ Hp.
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 ἀμέτρητ' 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. 2 volume, Hero *Stereom.57,al. III a pigment, sky-blue or grey, Id.Aut.28.3. [ᾱ, except in Arist.Fr. 642, Ps.-Phoc.[108].]
