ἀήρ,ἀέρος, Hom.
ἀήρ, ἠέρος; Ion. nom.ἠήρ
Hp.
A. Aër.
6 ,al., Aret. CA 2.3 ; Aeol.
αὐήρSch. 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 thereπουλύςandβαθύςneed not be masc.):—in Hom. and Hes. alwaysmist, 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. 264s q.; 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