1. αὔρα · aura — Beekes
breeze, fresh air
The corpus record
αὔρα
aura
breeze, fresh air
Figures and citations on this page are drawn from the audited corpus; none are written from memory.
Distribution
- Ichneutae 1 · 5.82/10k
- Iphigenia in Tauris 3 · 3.62/10k
- De Mundo 2 · 3.15/10k
- Suppliants 2 · 2.84/10k
- Trojan Women 2 · 2.83/10k
- Hecuba 2 · 2.79/10k
- De aere aquis et locis 2 · 2.7/10k
- Electra 2 · 2.65/10k
- Frogs 2 · 2.2/10k
- Suppliant Maidens 1 · 2.07/10k
- Helen 2 · 2.04/10k
- Orestes 2 · 2.04/10k
Densest 12 of 32 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
2. αὔρα · aura — Chantraine
élève d
3. Αὔρα · Aura — Chantraine
brise subsiste en grec moderne
4. αὔρα · aura — Frisk
ταχέως (AB 464). Als Vorderglied in adgı-Pa-ras ᾿Β6Β611schreitend
5. αὔρα · aura — LSJ
breeze, a cool breeze, the fresh air
Attestations
- αὔρη · aurē Odyssey 5.469
- αὖραι · aurai Works and Days 670
- αὔρα · aura Plato, Republic 3.401 (DIORISIS sentence 1789)
- αὔρας · auras Herodotus, Histories 2.19.3 (DIORISIS sentence 1667)
- αὔρης · aurēs Herodotus, Histories 2.27.1 (DIORISIS sentence 1705)
- αὔρη · aurē Herodotus, Histories 2.27.1 (DIORISIS sentence 1705)
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Deep etymology
Authority pointers, pending review
These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.
- scan pp. 218-219; entry #898 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 156; entry #1012 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 219; entry #862 Review: Under source audit
The authorities' own wording is withheld pending review. Each source's identity, locator, and review status are cited above.
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