air (subs.) Copy link Outline I. The fluid which we breathe1. āēr, āĕris, acc. usu. āĕra, m. (at and near the surface of the earth)2. aether, ĕris, m. (the upper and pure air)3. ănĭma (rare)4. aura (air in motionII. A gentle breezeIII. Fig.1. spĕcĭes, ēi, f.2. gestus, ūs (bearing); a graceful a. and movement of the body, venustus g. et motus corporis, Cic.3. hăbĭtus, ūsIV. A tune or melody1. mŏdus2. nŭmĕri, orum • air (subs.): I. The fluid which we breathe: 1. āēr, āĕris, acc. usu. āĕra, m. (at and near the surface of the earth): pure and thin a., aer purus ac tenuis, Cic.: a. and fire always tend to rise, aer et ignis supera semper petunt, Cic.: the a. which we breathe, aer quem spiritu ducimus, Cic.: very thick a., crassissimus aer, Cic.: the thickness of the a., aëris crassitudo, Cic.: the a. is condensed into a cloud, in nubem cogitur aer, Virg.: the chamaeleon lives on a. alone, a. solo pascitur chamaeleon, Plin. 2. aether, ĕris, m. (the upper and pure air): he flies through the vast a., volat ille per magnum a., Virg.: water is produced from earth, the lower a. from water, the upper a. from the lower, ex terra aqua oritur, ex aqua aer, ex aere aether, Cic.: v. AETHER. 3. ănĭma (rare): to be produced from fire, earth, and a., ex igni, terra atque a. procrescere, Lucr: Cic. 4. aura (air in motion: v. breeze: usu. plu. and with a qualifying word): he breathes the vital a., vitales suscipit a., Lucr.: you inhale the vital a., a. vitales carpis, Virg.: to sniff the a., captare naribus auras, Virg.: the winds will carry the clouds across through the a., nubila portabunt ventei transvorsa per auras, Lucr.. Eurydice was coming to the upper a. (from Orcus), Eurydice superas veniebat ad auras, Virg. Esp. the open a. (as opposed to concealment or confinement): the wooden horse being opened restores them to the open a., illos patefactus ad auras reddit equus, Virg. Fig.: to bring everything into the open a., i. e. to reveal, omnia ferre sub auras, Virg. Phr.: in the open a., sub dīvo, Cic.: Hor.: Venus departs to Paphos through the upper a., Venus Paphum sublimis abit, Virg.: to take the a. (for health or recreation), gestor, 1 (in some conveyance): Sen.: Mart.: ambŭlo, 1: or dĕambŭlo, 1 (on foot): Ter.: Cic.: v. atmosphere. II. A gentle breeze: v. gale, breeze. III. Fig.: manner, mien, look: 1. spĕcĭes, ēi, f.: a woman with a charming a., specie lepida mulier, Pl.: the a. of these men is most respectable, horum hominum s. est honestissima, Cic. 2. gestus, ūs (bearing); a graceful a. and movement of the body, venustus g. et motus corporis, Cic.: I must now assume a new a. and expression of countenance, nunc g. mihi vultusque est capiendus novus, Ter.: to have an effeminate a., mollem in gestu esse, Cic. 3. hăbĭtus, ūs: add the look and the a. of the man, adde vultum h.que hominis, Hor.: a maidenly a. and dress, virginalis h. atque vestitus, Cic. Phr.: that was the more readily believed, because it had an a. of probability, id eo facilius credebatur quia simile vero videbatur, Cic.: he has the a. of a madman, furere videtur, Cic.: what a.s the creature gives herself! quam putide sese muliercula gerit! they give themselves too many a.s (v. affectedly), intolerantius se jactant, Cic.: he had been accustomed to give himself very great a.s in that place, solitus erat jactare se magnificentissime illo in loco, Cic.: v. features, mien, manner, look. IV. A tune or melody: 1. mŏdus: v. measure, strain. 2. nŭmĕri, orum: I remember the a., if I could recollect the words, numeros memini si verba tenerem, Virg.: v. tune, melody, music.
air (v.) Copy link Outline I. To admit the fresh airII. To render dry • air (v.): I. To admit the fresh air: Phr.: the hall is well a.'d by means of open windows: cryptoporticus patentibus fenestris auras admittit transmittitque, cf. Plin. Ep. 2, 17: the hall has a. enough of its own, and wants no a.ing, cryptoporticus contenta aëre suo nec desiderat auras nec admittit, Plin. Ep.: to be badly a.'d (of a room), aere pigro et manente ingravescere, Plin. Ep. II. To render dry: v. to dry.
AIR Copy link • AIR 1. s. aër (air as an element: as distinguished from aether, it is the denser air from the earth to the region of the moon) :aether (the purer air of the upper regions of the sky: say from the moon to the stars: the heaven): anima (the air as an element; vital air: mostly poetical, but used four times by Cic.; e.g., inter ignem et terram aquam Deus animamque posuit, Univ., 2): aura (gently waving and fanning air): spiritus (the power that sets masses of air in motion: breath-like current of air: the cause of aura and ventus: semper aer spiritu aliquo movetur): caelum (the whole atmosphere, comprehending both aer and aether; but sometimes used for the one, sometimes for the other, Voss., ad Verg., Ecl., 4, 52). A salubrious air, caelum salubre: caeli salubritas: aër salubris: cool air, aër refrigeratus: cold air, aër frigidus. The density of the air, aëris crassitude. The air ascends in consequence of its lightness, aër fertur levitate sublime. To mount into the air, sublime (seldom in sublime) ferri, efferri; or (of living things) sublimem abire. To fly through the air, per sublime volare. To expose anything to the air, aliquid aëri exponere: to let in the air, aërem immittere, or (if by cutting away) caelum aperire alicui rei: to protect any thing from every breath of air, ab afflatu omni protegere aliquid: curare ne aër aliquid tangere possit: to deprive it of every breath of air, alicui rei omnem spiritum adimere. To breathe air, animam or spiritum ducere: epirare: to live on air, vento vivere (= live on nothing; late). To sleep in the open air, sub divo cubare. Prov., to build castles in the air, somnia sibi fingere (Vid: Lucr., 1, 104): to speak to the air, verba dare in ventos (Ov., Am., 1, 6, 42): verba ventis loqui (Ammianus): verba ventis profundere (Lucr.): in pertusum dolium dicta ingerere (Plaut.): surdo or surdis auribus canere (Verg.): frustra surdas aures fatigare (Curt.). To take the air = walk, Vid :: to take the air in a carriage, on horseback, carpento or equo gestari, vectari: to take air (= to get abroad; of secrets, etc), emanare (to leak out), etc. Vid: ABROAD. Mien, manner, look, vultus (the proper word, the countenance; the character as indicated by the motion of the eye, the serene or clouded brow, etc.): os (the habitual expression of the eye and mouth): aspectus, visus (look): species: forma: facies (these five, of living or lifeless things: forma aiso, beautiful appearance). A dignified air, ad dignitatem apposita forma et species. To hare a noble air, esse dignitate honesta: an imposing, commanding, majestic air, forma esse imperatoria or augusta: an air of health, bona corporis habitudine esse; *corporis sanitatem prae se ferre: an air of kindness, esse humano visu: an effeminate air, mollem esse in gestu: an air of probability, verisimile videri; simile vero videri. He has an air of being, etc., videtur, with nominative and infinitive. To give any thing an air of, alicui rei speciem addere or praebere. Airs, plur., jactatio (foolish boastfulness): gloriatio (insolent boastfulness). To give one’s self airs, se jactare (to boast foolishly: intolerantius); arrogantiam sibi sumere: se ostentare (to do it for the purpose of concealing real insignificance). (The words are found in this connection and order.), se niagnifice jactare atque ostentare. If the gait is alluded to, magnitice incedere. An air, as a musical term, *canticum, quod Italis Aria vocatur: modi, moduli: also, cantus. 2. v. aëri exponere (to expose to the air): aërem in aliquid iramittere (to let the air into any tiling; hence to air an inclosed space). To air a room, cubiculi fenestras patefacere, sic ut perflatus aliquis accedat (after Cels., 3, 19): perflatum in cubiculum totis admittere fenestris (after Ov., A.A., 3, 807, and Plin., 17, 19, 31). To dry, siccare, exsiccare. To air one’s self. Vid, to take the air, under AIR.