gale Copy link Outline 1. aura (a gentle g.)2. ventus • gale: 1. aura (a gentle g.): Virg.: Ov.: v. breeze. Fig.: the g. of popularity, popularis a., Hor. Od. 3, 2, 20. 2. ventus: v. wind.
GALE Copy link • GALEaura (any wind, not excluding strong gales; e.g., aura rapida, stridens, violentior, in the poets); also, IMPROP., ventus (general term for wind): flatus (mostly poetical: flatus aestiferi, Cic., from Arat.). A stiff gale, magnus ventus. IMPROPR., aura. The gale of popular favor, popularis aura or ventus popularis (Cic.); aura favoris popularis (Liv., 22, 26).