aura (noun F) : (
* Gen. sing. aurāï, Verg. A. 6, 747; v. Neue, Formenl. I. p. 11; also, auras, like familias, custodias, terras, etc.; Servius gives this in Verg. A. 11, 801; still all the MSS. give aurae, and so Rib.), f., = αὔρα [ΑΩ, αὔω, to blow].
* The air, as in gentle motion, a gentle breeze, a breath of air (syn.: aër, ventus, spiritus): agitatus aër auram facit,Isid. Orig. 13, 11, 17: semper aër spiritu aliquo movetur; frequentius tamen auras quam ventos habet,Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 5: flatus, qui non aura, non procella, sed venti sunt,Plin. 2, 45, 45, § 116: et me... nunc omnes terrent aurae,now every breeze terrifies me,Verg. A. 2, 728: Concutiat tenerum quaelibet aura,Ov. A. A. 2, 650.— Hence
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* In gen., a breeze, a wind (even when violent): Et reserata viget genitabilis aura Favoni,Lucr. 1, 11; cf.: Aura parit flores tepidi fecunda Favoni. Cat. 64, 282: omnes, Aspice, ventosi ceciderunt murmuris aurae,Verg. E. 9, 58: aurae Vela vocant,id. A. 3, 356: aura post meridiem,Vulg. Gen. 3, 8: aura tenuis,ib. 3 Reg. 19, 12: lenis, ib. Job, 4, 16: petulans,Lucr. 6, 111: ignarae,brutish,Cat. 64, 164, ubi v. Ellis: rapida,Ov. M. 3, 209: stridens,Val. Fl. 2, 586: violentior,Stat. Th. 6, 157: aurae flatus,Vulg. Act. 27, 40: omnes eos tollet aura,ib. Isa. 57, 13 et saep.—Also breath: flammas exsuscitat aura,Ov. F. 5, 507.
* The air (mostly poet. and plur.): cum Nubila portabunt venti transversa per auras,Lucr. 6, 190: Tenvis enim quaedam moribundos deserit aura,id. 3, 232: Aurarumque leves animae calidique vapores,id. 5, 236: (anima) discedit in auras,id. 3, 400; 6, 1129 et saep.—Hence, aurae aëris or aëriae aurae freq. in Lucr.: (res) Aëris in teneras possint proferrier auras, 1, 207; 1, 783; 1, 801; 1, 803; 1, 1087; 2, 203; 3, 456; 3, 570; 3, 591; 4, 693: liquidissimus aether Atque levissimus aërias super influit auras,id. 5, 501; 1, 771; 4, 933: Nulla nec aërias volucris perlabitur auras,Tib. 4, 1, 127: Qui tamen aërias telum contorsit in auras,Verg. A. 5, 520.
* Esp., the vital air: Vivit et aetherias vitalīs suscipit auras,breathes a breath of ethereal air,Lucr. 3, 405; imitated by Verg.: haud invisus caelestibus auras Vitales carpis, A. 1, 387: vesci vitalibus auris, i. e. vivere,Lucr. 5, 857; imitated by Verg., A. 1, 546, and 3, 339; so, haurire auram communem,Quint. 6, prooem. § 12: captare naribus auras,to snuff the air,Verg. G. 1, 376.—Trop.: libertatis auram captare, to catch at the air of freedom, i. e. to seize upon any hope of liberty, Liv 3, 37, 1.
* Meton.
* Transf. to other atmospheric objects which exert an influence on bodies, as light, heat, sound, vapor, etc.
* In opp. to the lower world, the upper world (cf. aether, I. B. 3.): Eurydice superas veniebat ad auras,Verg. G. 4, 486; so id. A. 6, 128: Ortygiam, quae me superas eduxit prima sub auras,Ov. M. 5, 641; 10, 11 (cf. Verg. A. 6, 481: ad superos); so of childbirth: pondus in auras expulit,Ov. M. 9, 704.—In gen. for publicity, daylight: ferre sub auras,i. e. to make known,Verg. A. 2, 158: reddere ad auras,to restore,id. ib. 2, 259: fugere auras, to seclude or hide one's self, id. ib. 4, 388.
* A bright light, a gleam, glittering (cf. φάεος ἀϋτμή, Callim. Hymn. Dian. 117): discolor unde auri per ramos aura refulsit,Verg. A. 6, 204 (splendor auri, Serv.).
* The warmth of sunlight: solis calidior visa est aura, Varr. ap. Non. p. 275, 25.
* Sound, tone, voice, echo: Si modo damnatum revocaverit aura puellae,Prop. 3, 23, 15: at illi Nomen ab extremis fontibus aura refert,id. 1, 20, 50.
* Vapor, mist, odor, exhalation: inolentis olivi Naturam, nullam quae mittat naribus auram,Lucr. 2, 851: at illi Dulcis compositis spiravit crinibus aura,a sweet odor exhaled,Verg. G. 4, 417; so Mart. 3, 65; Val. Fl. 5, 589; cf. Heins. ad Ov. M. 15, 394: si tantum notas odor attulit auras,Verg. G. 3, 251: pingues ab ovilibus aurae,Stat. Th. 10, 46.

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