αὔρα,
Ionic dialect αὔρη, ἡ, breeze, especially a cool breeze from water [[compare (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Mundo” 394b13)] Refs 4th c.BC+], or the fresh air of morning, once in [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, αὔρη δ᾽ ἐκ ποταμοῦ ψυχρὴ πνέει 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.469, compare “hymnus ad Mercurium” 147, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 670, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]: rare in early Prose, αὔρας ἀποπνεούσας [ὁ Νεῖλος] μοῦνος οὐ παρέχεται[[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.19; αὔρα φέρουσα ἀπὸ χρηστῶν τόπων ὑγίειαν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 401c, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.2.29, “Smp.” 2.25. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 metaphorically, θυμιαμάτων αὖραι the steam of incense, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1717] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ξανθαῖσιν αὔραις σῶμα πᾶν ἀγάλλεται, of a well-fried fish, [[ 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 217.22; δεῖπνον ὄζον αὔρας Ἀττικῆς 4th c.BC: Dionysius Comicus 2.40] Refs 4th c.BC+]; αὔρῃ φιλοτησίῃ of the attractive influence of the female, [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Oppianus Anazarbensis Epicus “Halieutica - Poetae Bucolici et Didactici” 4.114. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__3 metaphorically, of the changeful course of events, μετάτροποι πνέουσιν αὖ. δόμων[[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 1148 (Lyric poetry); πολέμου μετάτροπος αὔ. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 945 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a bodily thrill, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 166] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ψυχᾶς ἀδόλοις αὔραις guileless movements of soul, [[ [prev. author] “Supp.” 1029 (Lyric poetry), compare 1048. ] Refs]