ἀήρ
aer
mist, haze
Appears 688 times across Aristotle's works.
Frequency by work
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Meteorology 128 ▸
Open Meteorology ›Book I 60 ▸
Chapter 1 338a20–339a10Chapter 3 339a33–341a36Chapter 10 347a13–347b11Book II 26 ▸
Chapter 3 356b4–359b26Chapter 6 363a21–365a13Chapter 7 365a14–365b20Chapter 9 369a10–370a33Book III 18 ▸
Book IV 24 ▸
Chapter 4 381b23–382a21Chapter 8 384b24–385b5Chapter 11 389a24–389b22 -
On the Heavens 83 ▸
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Physics 81 ▸
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On Generation and Corruption 72 ▸
Open On Generation and Corruption ›Book I 17 ▸
Book II 55 ▸
Chapter 4 331a7–332a2Chapter 5 332a3–333a15 -
De Anima 62 ▸
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On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration 36 ▸
Open On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration ›Chapter 5 469b21–470a18Chapter 19 477a11–31Chapter 22 478a26–478b21 -
Metaphysics 32 ▸
Open Metaphysics ›Book Α 11 ▸
Book Β 3 ▸
Book Θ 1 ▸
Chapter 7 1048b37–1049b3Book Ι 1 ▸
Chapter 2 1053b9–1054a19Book Λ 1 ▸
Chapter 4 1070a31–1070b35 -
Generation of Animals 24 ▸
Open Generation of Animals ›Book I 1 ▸
Chapter 3 716b13–717a10 -
Topics 24 ▸
Open Topics ›Book V 8 ▸
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History of Animals 18 ▸
Open History of Animals ›Book II 1 ▸
Chapter 15 505b25–506b23Book IV 1 ▸
Chapter 9 535a27–536b23Book V 1 ▸
Chapter 22 553b7–554b21Book VI 1 ▸
Chapter 12 566b2–567a16 -
Parts of Animals 18 ▸
Open Parts of Animals ›Book II 9 ▸
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On Melissus, Xenophanes, and Gorgias 4 ▸
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On Divination in Sleep 2 ▸
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On Length and Shortness of Life 2 ▸
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Mechanica 2 ▸
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Movement of Animals 1 ▸
Open Movement of Animals ›Chapter 2 698b8–699a11 -
On Memory 1 ▸
Open On Memory ›Chapter 2 451a18–453b11
Dictionary (LSJ)
ἀήρ, ἀέρος, Hom. ἀήρ, ἠέρος; Ion. nom. ἠήρ Hp. Aër. 6, al., Aret. CA 2.3; Aeol. αὐήρ Sch.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 there πουλύς and βαθύς need not be masc.):—A. in Hom. and Hes. always mist, haze, not (as Aristarch.) lower air (opp. αἰθήρ, q.v.); [ἐλάτη] μακροτάτη πεφυυῖα διʼ ἠέρος αἰθέρʼ ἵκανεν Il. 14.288, cf. Anaxag. 1, Ar. Nu. 264sq.; περὶ δʼ ἠέρα πουλὺν ἔχευεν Il. 5.776, cf. 3.381, 8.50; ἠέρα μὲν σκέδας εν καὶ ἀπῶσεν ὀμί χλην 17.649; τρὶς δʼ ἠέρα τύψε βαθεῖαν 20.446; rare in Prose, Hp. l.c. 2. later, generally, air, Anaxim.1, Emp. 17.18, S. El. 87, Ar. Av. 187,694, etc.; πρὸς τὸν ἀέρα διατρίβειν in the open air, Ar. Nu. 198, cf.Teles p.11.3 H., Luc. Anach. 24; τὸν ἀέρʼ ἕλκειν καθαρόν Philyll. 20, cf. Philem. 119; ἔσπασας τὸν ἀ. τὸν κοινόν Men. 531.7; ἀέρα δέρειν 1 Ep.Cor. 9.26; εἰς ἀέρᾳ λαλεῖν ib.14.9:—in pl., Pl. Phd. 98c, 98d; climates, Hp. Aër. tit., cf. Men.Rh.p.383 S.; of mephitic exhalations, Str. 5.4.5. 3. personified, ὦ δέσποτʼ ἄναξ ἀμέτρητʼ Ἀ. Ar. Nu. 264; Ἀ. ὃν ἄν τις ὀνομάσειε καὶ Δία Philem. 91.4, cf. Diph. 126.6. II. hot-air room in baths, Gal. 11.14. 2. volume, Hero Stereom. 57,al. III. a pigment, sky-blue or grey, Id. Aut. 28.3. [ᾱ, except in Arist. Fr. 642, Ps.-Phoc.[108].]
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